Burton, Georgia

Lake Burton is a 2,775 acres (11.23 km2) reservoir with 62 miles (100 km) of shoreline located in the northeastern corner of Georgia in Rabun County. The lake is owned and administered by the Georgia Power/Southern Company, but it is a public lake. Noted for the remarkable clarity of its water and surrounded by the biodiverse ecosystem of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the lake celebrated its centennial in 2020.

Moccasin Creek State Park is a 32-acre (13 ha) state park located on the western shore of Lake Burton in Rabun County in the northeast corner of Georgia. The park features campgrounds; a fishing pier for the physically disabled, the elderly, and children; and walking trails. Even though the surrounding area is mountainous, the camping area is relatively flat.

Lake Burton Fish Hatchery is a fish hatchery operated by the Wildlife Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources for the purpose of raising rainbow trout and brown trout being raised for stocking into mountain trout streams in North Georgia, United States. The hatchery located on the shores of Lake Burton in Rabun County, Georgia next to Moccasin Creek and adjacent to Moccasin Creek State Park. It is on Georgia State Route 197 approximately 20 miles north of Clarkesville, Georgia. The hatchery offers tours during its hours of operation. The short section of Moccasin Creek between the hatchery and Lake Burton is only open to anglers under 12 years of age.

Glassy Mountain is a mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Rabun County, Georgia, with its USGS GNIS summit at 34°50′44″N 83°30′02″W, which is 3,415 feet (1,041 m) AMSL. It is bypassed on its northern flank by a major two-lane highway that carries U.S. Route 76 and Georgia State Route 2 east and west. It is also the location of NOAA Weather Radio station KXI81, which serves nearby Clayton, Georgia (to the east-northeast), Lake Burton (to the west and southwest), and adjacent areas of northeast Georgia, upstate South Carolina, and western North Carolina. A radio tower and a fire lookout tower are both located atop the mountain. In 1888, Glassy Mountain was owned by John Ferguson, whose grandfather had built a homestead there before the American Revolutionary War.

Blalock is an unincorporated community in Rabun County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Persimmon is an unincorporated community in rural Rabun County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the location of the James Henry and Rachel Kilby House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Seed Lake is a 240 acres (97 ha) reservoir with 13 miles (21 km) of shoreline located in Rabun County, in the northeastern corner of Georgia, United States. It is the second lake in a series of six lakes that follow the original riverbed of the Tallulah River. Each lake in the chain is created by hydroelectric dams operated by Georgia Power. Lake Seed is sandwiched between the northernmost lake in the series, Lake Burton, and Lake Rabun. Lake Rabun is followed by Lake Tallulah Falls, Lake Tugalo, and Lake Yonah. The reservoir elevation is listed as 1,765 feet (538 m) on topographic maps, but Georgia Power considers the lake full at an elevation of 1,752.5 feet (534.2 m). Seed Lake was formed in 1927 with the completion of the Nacoochee Dam, a gravity concrete and masonry dam that is 75 feet (23 m) high and spans 490 feet (150 m). The associated Nacoochee Hydroelectric Plant has a capacity of 4,800 kilowatts. Nacoochee is derived from the Cherokee word that means "evening star."

Panther Falls is the first of two waterfalls on the Angel Falls Trail in Rabun County, Georgia. The second waterfall on the trail is Angel Falls. The falls are each about 50' in height on Joe Branch Creek. The trail begins at the Rabun Beach Camping Area #2 and is a moderately strenuous 0.5 mile hike to Panther Falls with Angel Falls and additional 0.5 mile.

Devils Branch is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to Little Persimmon Creek. Devils Branch was so named on account of uneven terrain along its course.

Angel Falls is the second of two waterfalls on the Angel Falls Trail in Rabun County, Georgia. The first waterfall on the trail is Panther Falls.

Germany Valley, located in Rabun County in the U.S. state of Georgia, four miles northwest of Clayton, is a gently sloping valley surrounded by Blue Ridge Mountain peaks. The Germany community is often referred to by local residents as "Germany Mountain," although there is actually no named peak in the area by that name. At an elevation of approximately 2,600 feet (790 m), Germany is generally considered the third highest mountain valley in the state, after Sky Valley (3,140 feet [960 m]), also in Rabun County, and the Suches community (2,800 feet [850 m]) in Union County. Germany Valley is approximately 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) wide and almost 2 miles (3.2 km) long and consists mostly of pastureland and small farms with cattle and horses. Forestland, much of it owned by the United States Forest Service, surrounds the valley. Several wooded hills rise 100–150 feet (30–46 m) above the valley floor. Germany Valley is framed by numerous mountain peaks. Big Face (3,541 feet [1,079 m]) rises above the valley's southern edge and dominates most valley vistas. Billy Mountain, at 3,243 feet (988 m), and 3,250-foot (990 m) Elisha Mountain—both of which sit along the Eastern Continental Divide—rise less dramatically to the north. Also on the Eastern Continental Divide is 3,640-foot (1,110 m) Black Rock Mountain at the eastern end of the valley, which is the centerpiece of Georgia's highest state park. Perhaps the best views of Germany Valley are from the park's Tennessee Rock Overlook. Because of its altitude, Germany Valley experiences a significantly cooler climate than surrounding mountain valleys. Daily weather data are recorded by the National Weather Service's Germany Valley cooperative observation station. Weather data over the years 2012–2017 reflected an average daily high temperature in July of 79 °F (26 °C). The highest temperature during that period was 94 °F (34 °C) on July 2, 2012, which was the most recent day that the weather station recorded a reading in the 90s. The average high temperature in January during the period was 46 °F (8 °C). Low temperatures in the teens are not uncommon, and single-digit lows occasionally occur. Temperatures below zero are less common and do not occur every winter. The coldest reading during the 2012–2017 period was −4 °F (−20 °C) on January 7, 2014. Precipitation in the valley is plentiful, as it is across much of the southern Appalachians. The Germany Valley station averages approximately 80 inches (2,000 mm) of rain a year. 2018 was especially wet, when the station measured 116.72 inches of precipitation, the second-most rainfall at a specific location in state history. Snowfall is somewhat sporadic in the valley but occurs a number of times each winter. Snowfall averages approximately 12 inches (300 mm) a year. Germany Valley is drained by southwest-flowing Timpson Creek, which flows into the Timpson Cove arm of Lake Burton, the uppermost of five Georgia Power reservoirs on the Tallulah River, one of the northernmost watersheds in the Savannah River basin.

Tiger is a town in Rabun County, Georgia, United States. The population was 574 at the 2020 census, up from 408 at the 2010 census.