Chestateeon Lake Lanier

Disambiguation

Which Chestatee? Five places share the name

Short answer

Chestatee is a community, a golf club, a river, a stretch of lake and the name of several other places and schools. This guide is about the golf and lake community in Dawsonville, Georgia 30534 on the Chestatee River arm of Lake Lanier. Here is how to tell the places apart so you search, call and tour the right one.

From a pebbly shore with a few red and grey rocks in the shallows, wide shimmering water stretches to low wooded points and a tiny tree-covered island on the horizon under a blue sky piled with bright white cumulus clouds.
Lake Lanier seen from the shore, March 2017. Lake Lanier, March 2017 2 by Thomson200, released into the public domain (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
Same word, different things
NameWhat it isWho to ask
Chestatee (this guide)The protective-covenant golf and lake community in Dawsonville, Georgia. The community homeowners association is Chestatee Community Association, Inc.srcThe association through its management company.
Chestatee Golf ClubChestatee Golf Club is at 777 Dogwood Way, Dawsonville, GA 30534.src The club calls itself a public golf course on GA-400 in Dawsonville, set along the shoreline of Lake Sidney Lanier.srcThe club.
The Chestatee RiverUSGS gauge 02333500 is on the Chestatee River near Dahlonega, GA (upstream of the lake).srcUSGS for the gauge; the Corps for the lake.
The Chestatee arm of Lake LanierFrom Buford Dam the reservoir extends about 44 miles up the Chattahoochee River and about 19 miles up the Chestatee River.srcThe Corps of Engineers Lake Lanier office.
Other places and schools named ChestateeSearch results for “Chestatee” also return other places and schools that carry the name, including a Chestatee Landing in Gainesville. They are different places.Check the address and the town before you call.

How to avoid the wrong one

  • Always include Dawsonville or 30534 when you search for the community.
  • The community’s mailing location is Dawsonville. The community mailing location is Dawsonville, GA 30534.src
  • When a listing says “Chestatee”, look for Night Fire Drive, Dogwood Way, Waterfront Park Lane, River Sound Lane or River Overlook Road in the address.
  • The website of the association is chestateepoa.com; the website of the club is chestateegolfclub.com. We link both and are neither.
Forested ridges in the foreground fall away to layered blue-green mountains under a bright, partly cloudy sky.
Chestatee Overlook off Georgia Highway 60 in Lumpkin County, upstream of the lake. Chestatee Overlook, April 2017 by Thomson200, released into the public domain (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Last checked 2026-10-20. Written by the Chestatee on Lake Lanier Editorial Team. Rules, dates and contacts change: confirm with the office we link before you rely on anything here.

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