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Oconee River access points and trip distances, Georgia

24 access points (24 public) along 199.7 river miles of the Oconee River in Georgia. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Redlands (SR15)
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33.72167, -83.29079 6.2
6.2Dyar Pasture
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33.64636, -83.28942 8.1
14.2Redlands WMA - Redlands Recreation Area
About 0.29 mi from the mapped river line.
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33.56715, -83.27233 4.3
18.6Parks Ferry
About 0.37 mi from the mapped river line.
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33.52099, -83.27434 7.3
25.9Old Salem
About 0.17 mi from the mapped river line.
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33.43419, -83.24918 8.3
34.3Long Shoals
About 0.23 mi from the mapped river line.
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33.38679, -83.19934 4.6
38.8Lawrence Shoals
About 0.12 mi from the mapped river line.
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33.35238, -83.16493 2.0
40.8Upper Sinclair (SR16)
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33.33433, -83.14259 5.4
46.2Oconee Springs Park
About 0.12 mi from the mapped river line.
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33.28713, -83.19922 17.7
63.9Sinclair Dam
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33.12836, -83.20360 3.4
67.3Milledgeville (SR22)
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33.08293, -83.21484 4.8
72.1Central State
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33.03166, -83.19352 30.2
102.2Boat ramp near Buffalo Creek
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32.84081, -82.98001 5.6
107.8Balls Ferry SP
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32.78366, -82.95835 6.9
114.8Beaverdam WMA
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32.70817, -82.95740 1.6
116.4Deep Creek
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32.69472, -82.93839 8.2
124.6Boat ramp near Still Branch
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32.61053, -82.89420 4.7
129.3Buckeye Landing
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32.55862, -82.88025 4.6
133.9Boat ramp (east ramp)
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32.50104, -82.87475 11.5
145.4Shady Field Landing
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32.39602, -82.79987 17.4
162.8Boat ramp (east ramp)
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32.29458, -82.69606 14.0
176.8Mt. Vernon Bridge (US280)
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32.19132, -82.63199 13.8
190.7Boat ramp (south ramp)
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32.05985, -82.61471 9.0
199.7Bell's Ferry
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31.98191, -82.55132 end
Data notes: 6 access points are more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from Georgia DNR WRD Water Access, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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