Lake Conasauga
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| name = Lake Conasauga
| image = Lake Conasauga.jpg
| caption = View from the dock at the roped-off swimming area
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| location = Chattahoochee National Forest, Murray County, Georgia, US{{GNIS|327506}}
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Lake Conasauga is a {{convert|19|acre|m2|adj=on}} lake in the Lake Conasauga Campground located near the summit of Grassy Mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest in northern Georgia, United States. It is the highest lake in Georgia at {{convert|3150|ft|m}} above sea level.{{Cite web |title=Lake Conasauga Campground |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/rec/fow/20040630-fow.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317081400/http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/rec/fow/20040630-fow.shtml |archive-date=17 March 2009 |website=USDA Forest Service}} It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, which finished it in 1940. "Conasauga" is a name derived from the Cherokee language meaning "grass".{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|title=Native American Placenames of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA117|year=2004|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3598-4|page=117}}{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | page=49 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}
Lake Conasauga camp ground is managed by the Armuchee-Cohutta Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service. The area opens in mid-April and closes in late October
Camping
File:Lake Conasauga Group Shelter.jpg
The campground has 35 family camping units located directly on the lake and in the surrounding woods with restrooms and water faucets. While each campsite has a tent pad, picnic table, fire ring and lantern post, there is no electricity available on the mountain.
Day use
In addition to camping, the campground area also offers a Day Use area with a roped-off swimming area, picnic tables, grills, group shelters and restrooms as well as several hiking trails located on Grassy Mountain including the {{convert|1.2|mi|km|adj=on}} Lake Conasauga Trail, the {{convert|1.7|mi|km|adj=on}} Songbird Trail and the {{convert|2|mi|km|adj=on}} Grassy Mountain Tower Trail.
The lake was restocked with Bass (fish), bluegill, and trout several years ago and offers fishing from the bank or from the water only from canoes or electric-powered boats that can be launched from a boat ramp located across the lake from the Day Use area.
References
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External links
- http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/lkcnacmp.htm
- http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/rec/fow/20040630-fow.shtml
- [http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/mountains/blue_ridge/western/lake_conasauga.html SherpaGuides.com]
- [http://ngeorgia.com/ang/Forgotten_Lakes_of_the_Chattahoochee_National_Forest Forgotten Lakes of the Chattahoochee National Forest]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100513021348/http://www.gorp.com/weekend-guide/travel-ta-atlanta-sidwcmdev_055946.html Weekend Guide]
- [http://southernhiker.com/lake-conasauga/ Southern Hiker]
- {{gnis|327506|Conasauga Lake}}
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Category:Protected areas of Murray County, Georgia
Category:Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
Category:Campgrounds in the United States
Category:Civilian Conservation Corps in Georgia (U.S. state)