Mountain Living. On the Lake.

Our community provides the only walkable access into Lake Burton’s main hub of lake life, historic LaPrade’s Marina.  Originally housing the dam workers in the early 1900’s and then becoming a fishing camp, LaPrade’s today has 4 restaurants plus an ice cream parlor, a marina store, boating store, and live entertainment during the summer season.

Under construction (photo taken March ‘25) On the site of the old Kastner Store, a new stone and shingled gathering space inspired by Lake Burton’s famous boathouses will be opening in 2025.  Burton Boathouse will include a fireside screened porch, entertaining and play space, spa and wellness facilities, heated saline pool, hot tub/spa, fire pits, event lawn, paddleboard/kayak launch, and slips with shared community boats.

Under construction, located adjacent to the Burton Boathouse. Opening summer ‘25.

We have 5+ miles of trails in our community, and we connect to the AT and Chattahoochee National Forest. One trail was originally a wagon trail from the late 1800’s leading up to the train line, which we repurposed into a hiking trail.  This train line carried trees from Tate City down to Helen to be used for lumber.  

Over a mile of shoreline to walk, cast a line, or just bathe in the water sounds. We’ve enhanced the fly fishing habitat by planting over 3 dozen hemlocks, restoring the stream bank, removing invasive, and adding over 300 rainbow brook and brown trout.

Hike up to our private 150’ waterfall. Buried under decades of overgrowth and storm damage, restoring the waterfall basin to uncover this gem was one of our first projects.  We uncovered ruins of the trestle bridge that spanned this gorge until it collapsed in the 1940’s, and are creating a new trail to link both sides of Waterfall Trail.

Our West Wildcat Lane turns into the Addis Gap Trailhead leading to the Appalachian Trail. Take this winding road for stunning views over our community’s land, Wildcat Creek, then Sliding Rock, a natural waterslide formed in Wildcat Creek and enjoyed by generations of area residents.

We have three ponds for our residents to enjoy fishing, kayaking and canoeing, or simply relaxing beside.

Built by the LaPrade descendants, this old smokehouse was used by the family to host banjo picking and fish fries (and played host to 3 Georgia Governors). We are repurposing the old Smokehouse as a gathering place adjacent to Waterfall Creek, along with a refurbished fireplace ready for s’mores.

Follow @burtoncommunity on Instagram to know when we have Pop Up markets (shown above: delectables from Sessions Stand bakery's pop up market in August '24). Future plans: Adjacent to the fire station, our pavilion will be repurposed into a bakery/coffee shop.  The pavilion was the original home of the fire station for the west side of Lake Burton, and when it was expanded next door, the pavilion was used to entertain friends and family for Sunday breakfasts and other gatherings.  For the first time, the greater community will enjoy its first destination to sit adjacent to rushing Wildcat Creek and enjoy coffee and other treats.

Follow @burtoncommunity on Instagram for details on future pop up fitness classes. Shown above: Trainers from Third Space Fitness teach regular outdoor strength classes at Burton. Future plans: A wellness center/gym is in the design phase.