Camping and hiking in the Lake Rabun Beach Recreational Area of Northern Georgia

Lake Rabun in Northern Georgia in the fall - Photo: Still Gravity.
The beauty of Lake Rabun in the fall - License our images here.

This is one of the lakes on the path of the Tallulah River through Northern Georgia. We camped in a recreation area of Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest - these are two forests combined. 

The road access from the east is dangerous for big vehicles. It's narrow, winding, and with many blind curves. We had a couple of close calls with incoming vehicles travelling too fast. C worried about crashing the right mirror against stone fences on the hilly sides of the road - it reminded some routes of the Swiss Alps.

The campground was good. The host had a great check-in station at the entrance - the table in the next montage. 

Collage of images of the campground and Lake Rabun in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, Georgia - Photos: Still Gravity.
Check-in station, our campsite, and Lake Rabun before and after the storm. 

The "beach"... nothing special. But the lake views were great. A trail connects the camp to the lake. It was narrow and overgrown. A couple of fallen trees obstructing the path. The constant rain made small creeks on the slopes. A few slippery parts. 

Hurricane Delta landed in the Gulf of Mexico. A couple of days after, we got heavy storms. So much water that raindrops poured through the gazebo seams - even if we keep them sealed. We improvised a rain fly cover with a tarp. It worked. The good part of all this was C opening her bakery to kill time. Tasty bread and desserts. 

Tornado warning at night. We lowered the pop-up roof. The tornado didn't form, but thunderstorms and the constant rain made for a miserable night - that awful sound of heavy rain hitting the aluminum roof of the truck camper. 

With the sunrise - no sun in the morning of such a cloudy day -, the radio talked about closed roads, floods, and landslides. We hiked to Lake Rabun and the crystal-clear mirror waters were gone. The new look was of earthy chocolate tones - check the previous before-after photos. 

We also hiked to Panther and Angel falls. The trail was soaked, but the amount of water made the waterfalls gorgeous.   
Collage of photos from Angel and Panther falls in Lake Rabun, Georgia - Photos: Still Gravity.
Angel falls on the left; Panther falls on the right. 

Hiking back a branch from a tree felt nearby. Noisy reminder of the widow makers of the forests. 

We've two videos from this stay. The first one shows the campground and the lake. The second one covers the hike to the waterfalls. 

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