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Chatuge Lake

586 m1,923 ft
Area
26 km²
Tonight
43°FFair · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Chatuge Lake is a lake at 586 m above sea level in Georgia, United States, 26 km² in area and 13.7 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
586 m
Length
13.7 km
Shoreline
177.3 km
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Lake

Chatuge Lake in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

13.7 km longest5 kmN ↑
Shoreline
177.3 km
3D map

Chatuge Lake 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 15.7 × 15.7 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Chatuge Lake terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Chatuge Lake elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Chatuge Lake weather

Tonight · Fair · 43°F (6°C) · Wind 0–5 mph SE

Chatuge Lake forecast for about 609 m.

  • Tonight43°–0–5 mph SE
  • Sat42°71°–0 mph
  • Sun41°71°–0–5 mph E
  • Mon44°73°–0 mph
  • Tue47°74°–0 mph
  • Wed45°70°–0–5 mph E
  • Thu46°73°1%0 mph

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:06 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Chatuge Lake

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Chatuge Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Clay County Recreation Campground

    2.3 km NNW · +2 more within 2.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    2.4 km ENE

    +2 more within 3.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Clay County Recreation CampgroundCampsite2.3 km NNW
Parking2.4 km ENE
Campsite2.5 km SSE
Parking2.5 km SSE
Jackrabbit Mountain CampgroundCampsite2.6 km NE
Upper Parking LevelParking3.0 km SSE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 15.7 × 15.7 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 64% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
63.9%
Moderate, 15–30°
31.0%
Steep, 30–45°
5.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
5.1% of the 246 km² view
Relief in view
757 m low point 541 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 71.5%Grassland 16.0%Water 10.1%Built-up 1.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.9 km of Chatuge Lake.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Dan Knob862 m 3.0 km E
  2. 2Garland Mountain867 m 3.8 km ENE
  3. 3Ivy Knob792 m 4.7 km SE
  4. 4Ramey Mountain965 m 5.2 km SW
  5. 5Bell Knob1,013 m 5.3 km SE
  6. 6Lloyd Mountain795 m 5.5 km SE
  7. 7Cedar Cliff Knob974 m 5.7 km SE
  8. 8Rocky Knob1,014 m 6.0 km SW
  9. 9Shewbird Mountain872 m 6.2 km W
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.9 km; 1,556 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • American columbo48
  • Fan clubmoss40
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee39
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee38
  • Joro Spider37
  • Eastern Bluebird36
Where it sits

Where Chatuge Lake sits

Region
Georgia14United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Chatuge Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-23)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia