Lake Allatoona Now

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Lake Allatoona photo gallery

The lake from the ridges, the dam, and what was here before the water: the 1864 railroad cut and the iron furnace below the dam. Tap a photo to see it large. Every photo is credited; most are free-licensed from Wikimedia Commons or public domain.

On the water

  • Coves and pine ridges of Lake Allatoona seen from the top of Pine Mountain
    From Pine Mountain, April 2015. Thomson200, CC0
  • Fall color along the shore at Red Top Mountain State Park
    Red Top Mountain, November 2015. Thomson200, CC0
  • The sand beach at Acworth Beach on Lake Acworth
    Acworth Beach on Lake Acworth, 2025. John Phelan, CC BY 4.0
  • The dry-stack boat barn and launch dock at Victoria Harbour Marina
    Victoria Harbour Marina, 2025. John Phelan, CC BY 4.0

The dam

  • Allatoona Dam with the lake spreading out behind it among wooded hills
    Allatoona Dam and Lake. Adrien Lamarre, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain

What the lake remembers

  • Allatoona Pass in 1864, looking south through the railroad cut
    Allatoona Pass, looking south, 1864. Library of Congress, public domain
  • The rock walls of the Allatoona Pass cut today, now a trail
    The Deep Cut today, 2025. John Phelan, CC BY 4.0
  • The stone stack of Cooper's Furnace below the dam
    Cooper’s Furnace, last of the iron town of Etowah, 2025. John Phelan, CC BY 4.0

Your photos

Got a good one?

Sunset off Red Top, the lake at winter pool, the Acworth fireworks: we’d love to feature it, with your name on it. Email it to office@wannagrowbrand.com with where and when you took it.