Lake Lanier Info

We've reached the end of Lake Lanier's annual upswing. Normally the lake level falls in the summer and rises again in the winer. After two months of rising water levels, the lake has started to drop again. The fall has been only about a tenth of a foot but as the temperature rises during the summer we'll get less rain and more evaporation from the lake.

For those of you hoping for the lake to return closer to normal, it might be next winter before we see another meaningful rise in lake levels.

Its a familiar feeling for people who live around Lake Lanier ... "oh, you're from Gainesville, it must be nice down there in Florida ..."

The Gainesville/Hall County Convention and Visitors Bureau is now acknowledging the fact that most people know this part of North Georgia for Lake Lanier. They're planning to rename themselves as the Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The drought has actually had some advantages for the lake, giving in national name recognition.