Lake Acworth is a artificial

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southwest of the city of

Acworth, Georgia Acworth is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, this city had a population of 22,440, up from 20,425 in 2010. Acworth is located in the foothills of the North Georg ...

. It is in the extreme northwestern part of

Cobb County Cobb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is a core county of the Atlanta metropolitan area in the north-central portion of the state. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 766,149. It is the state's third most populous cou ...

. The lake impounds Proctor Creek (not the same as Proctor Creek in nearby

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) and Butler Creek. It outflows into

Lake Allatoona Lake Allatoona (officially called Allatoona Lake) is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Etowah River in northwestern part of the State of Georgia. This reservoir is mostly in southeastern Bartow County and southwestern Cherokee C ...

. The low

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is at the point where State Route 92 (Lake Acworth Drive) crossed over prior to 2023 (). The lake was formed by a 48-foot-wide concrete dam that was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1950, during the construction of Lake Allatoona. A detailed, video-recorded oral history of the lake’s creation and the federal/state/ocal politics which played a part in its formation is available from the Save Acworth History Foundation via YouTube. The city operates Acworth Beach, a public beach and park along the lake's northern shore. It was created by trucking white sand in and putting it over the rust-red clay soil common to the region. Swimming is roped off with floats for protection from the boaters. The Lake Acworth Beach and Beachhouse were added to the

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in 2010. The city also operates South Shore Park, located on the south side of the lake off of Ragsdale Rd. This park also offers a white sand swimming beach and boating ingress / egress. The final city operated park on the lake is Overlook Park and is located on the western shore. It was established in 2023 when the old 2-lane route of Hwy 92 that crossed over the Lake Acworth dam was decommissioned with the opening of the newly constructed 4-lane bridge of Hwy 92 over Lake Allatoona. While no swimming area is provided, this park is popular with lake kayakers and especially anglers, as fishing access to either the Lake Acworth Dam itself or the lake’s outflow into Lake Allatoona is available. Access to either end of this narrow shaped park is possible via Hwy 92 or Ragsdale Rd. Boating is permitted on Lake Acworth, with the only motorization allowed being electric powered trolling motors. The lake is home to many common species of fish (ie panfish, bass, catfish, etc.), and fishing is permitted with a Georgia state fishing license.

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* Protected areas of Cobb County, Georgia Acworth Bodies of water of Cobb County, Georgia {{CobbCountyGA-geo-stub