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Lake Rabun · The outdoor list

Trails, docks, farms, markets.

The boat launch with the deepest channel. The trail to the gorge. The farm stand that takes Venmo. The icon you've heard of and the one you haven't.

Parks & trails

1 listed
  • Lakemont
    Angel Falls / Panther Falls Trail
    Editor's pick

    A 1.7-mile hiking trail from Lake Rabun Beach's Loop 1 to two waterfalls on Joe Creek — one of the more accessible waterfall hikes in the Rabun County mountains.

Boat launches

2 listed
  • Lakemont
    Rabun Boat House
    Editor's pick

    A full-service marina on Lake Rabun Road — boat slips for lease, a convenience store, a service shop, and half- or full-day pontoon rentals.

    (706) 782-2628Visit site ↗
  • Lakemont
    Bear Gap Outfitters
    Editor's pick

    A family-owned rental outfitter on Bear Gap Road serving Lake Rabun, Lake Seed, and Lake Burton — pontoons, canoes, kayaks, and paddleboards.

    (706) 782-4438Visit site ↗

Iconic stops

2 listed
  • Lakemont
    Lake Rabun Beach Recreation Area
    Editor's pick

    A U.S. Forest Service campground and swim beach in the Chattahoochee National Forest — a sand beach with a roped-off swim area and bathhouse, 80 campsites, and the trailhead for the Angel Falls/Panther Falls hiking trail at the back of Loop 1.

  • Lakemont
    Mathis Dam
    Editor's pick

    The ambursen-type concrete dam that created Lake Rabun — 108 feet high and 660 feet across, completed in May 1915 but left the reservoir unfilled for a decade while Georgia Power finished the tunnel to the Terrora hydroelectric plant at Tallulah Falls. Lake Rabun is the third of six lakes strung along the Tallulah River behind Georgia Power dams, after Lake Burton and Lake Seed.