Georgia has some of the nicest lakes anywhere! The above is a picture I took while visiting Lake Oconee, a lake about an hour Southeast of Atlanta in Greensboro. Lake Oconee has 374 miles of shoreline and a surface area of over 18,000 acres. That's pretty large. This picture is one I took while staying on a weekend tour of Del Webb at Lake Oconee, I think the only Del Webb's only Active Adult Communities on a lake. That is part of their community dock. There are many retirement homes and seasonal homes on Lake Oconee so their (8 comments)