Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION
Subject 391-4-5 - BOATING REGULATIONS
Rule 391-4-5-.19 - Designated Swimming Areas

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024

In order to implement certain provisions of the Georgia Boat Safety Act, as amended, and specifically those provisions of paragraph (5) of subsection (c) of Section 11 of said Act relating to boating safety zones within the boundaries of designated swimming areas, the following swimming areas and beaches are identified as designated swimming, areas:

(a) Allatoona Lake

1. Sweetwater Camping Area

2. Cushing Memorial Park

3. CS-Ta Recreation Area

4. Payne Campground

5. Galt's Public Use Area

6. McKaskey Creek Campground

7. Red Top Mountain State Park

8. Allatoona Beach

9. Clark Creek South Campground

10. Tanyard Creek Public Use Area

11. FORSCOM Recreation Area

12. Dallas Road Public Use Area

13. U.S. Naval Recreation Area

14. Bartow County Park

15. Bartow Carver Park

16. Old Highway 41 Public Use Area #1

17. Old Highway 41 Campground #3

18. Atlanta Boys' Club

19. Camp Pine Acres

20. Camp Scout Haven

21. Chapel Knoll Beach

(b) Lake Blue Ridge

1. Morganton Point Beach

(c) Carters Lake

1. Harris Branch Public Use Area Beach

(d) Lake Lanier

1. West Bank Park Beaches (3)

2. Lanier Beach South

3. Two Mile Creek Park

4. Chattahoochee Country Club Beach

5. Laural Park

6. Holly Park

7. Van Pugh Park

8. University Yacht Club Beach

9. Big Creek Park Beaches (3)

10. Lake Lanier Islands Beach

11. Lanier Park Beach

12. Pine Isle Beach

(e) Lake Hartwell

1. Long Point #1

2. Long Point #2

3. Hart State Park

4. Tugaloo State Park

5. Hartwell Shores

6. Bruce Creek

7. Elrod's Ferry

8. Big Oaks

9. Chandler's Ferry

(f) Lake Chatuge

1. Towns County Recreation Area

(g) Lake Nottely

1. Nottely Swimming Area

(h) Lake Burton

1. Lake Burton Public Swimming Area

(i) Lake Rabun

1. Rabun Beach

(j) West Point Lake

1. Pyne Road Park

2. Earl Cook Access Area

3. Yellowjacket Access Area

(k) Lake Oliver

1. Green Island Hill Swimming Area

(l) Clark Hill Lake

1. West Dam Access Area

2. Wildwood Park

3. Fort Gordon Recreation Center

4. Mistletoe State Park

5. Raysville Boat Club

6. Elijah Clark State Park

7. Lake Springs Park

(m) Lake Oconee

1. Park's Ferry Public Use Area

2. Old Salem Public Use Area

3. Lawrence Shoals Public Use Area

(n) Lake Sinclair

1. Lake Sinclair Recreation Area (Federal Park)

2. Little River Park

3. Rocky Creek Park

4. Oconee Springs Park

(o) Lake Jackson

1. Georgia Power Park - West side of Lloyd Shoals Dam

2. Turtle Cove - East side of Alcovy River directly south of Will White Neck

3. Kersey's Marine

(p) Lake Walter F. George

1. Cotton Hill Park Public Use Area

2. Sandy Creek Park

3. East Bank Public Use Area

(q) Lake Seminole

1. Seminole State Park

2. Bainbridge Boat Basin

3. Bass Island

4. East Bank Public Use Area.

(r) Ogeechee River - U.S. Highway 17

1. King's Ferry Park

(s) Diamond Causeway (Skidaway Island Road at Intracoastal Waterway-Chatham County)

1. Diamond Causeway Park

(t) Lake Tobesofkee

1. Sandy Beach Park

2. Claystone Park Beach

3. Flintrock Park Beach

4. Arrowhead Park Beach

(u) Lake Blackshear

1. Georgia Veterans State Park

(v) Lake Richard B. Russell

1. Coldwater State Park

(w) Hard Labor Creek State Park (Lake Rutledge)

1. State Park Swimming Beach

(x) Reed Bingham State Park Lake

1. State Park Swimming Beach

Ga. L. 1973, p. 1427, et seq. as amended.

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