Tallulah Falls Lake

This article refers to the lake. For the town, see Tallulah Falls, Georgia, for the waterfalls and gorge, see Tallulah Gorge and for the river, see Tallulah River.
Tallulah Falls Lake
Location Rabun County, Georgia
Coordinates 34°44′19″N 83°23′46″W / 34.7387°N 83.3961°W / 34.7387; -83.3961Coordinates: 34°44′19″N 83°23′46″W / 34.7387°N 83.3961°W / 34.7387; -83.3961
Type reservoir
Primary inflows Tallulah River
Primary outflows Tallulah River
Basin countries United States
Surface area 63 acres (250,000 m2)
Shore length1 3.6 mi (5.8 km)
Surface elevation 1,483 ft (452 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Tallulah Falls Lake is a 63-acre (250,000 m2) reservoir with 3.6 miles (5.8 km) of shoreline located in the Northeastern corner of Georgia in Rabun County. It is the fourth and smallest lake in a six-lake series created by hydroelectric dams operated by Georgia Power that follows the original course of the Tallulah River. The series starts upstream on the Tallulah River with Lake Burton followed by Lake Seed, Lake Rabun, Tallulah Falls Lake, Lake Tugalo and Lake Yonah. Georgia Power considers the lake full at a surface elevation of 1,500 feet (460 m).

Tallulah Falls Lake was formed in 1914 with the completion of the Tallulah Falls Dam, a concrete dam with diversion tunnel. The diversion tunnel is 11 feet (3.4 m) wide, 14 feet (4.3 m) high, and 6,666 feet (2,032 m) long and was tunneled through solid rock and then lined with concrete. The dam is 126 feet (38 m) high and has a span of 426 feet (130 m). The Tallulah Falls Hydroelectric Plant is located 608 feet (185 m) lower than the dam at the lower end of the tunnel and has a generation capacity of 72,000 kilowatts.

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