DeSoto Lake
DeSoto Lake is a reservoir in Floyd County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The lake was named for Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer.- Type: Lake
- Description: reservoir in Floyd County, in the U.S. state of Georgia
- Also known as: “Mobley Park Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Darlington School and Old Shorter Hill.
Darlington School
School
Darlington School is a private, coeducational, college-preparatory day and boarding school in Rome, Georgia. It was founded in 1905. It serves students from pre-kindergarten to grade 12, and is divided into a Pre-K to 8 division and an Upper School division.
Old Shorter Hill
Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
Old Shorter Hill is a summit in Rome, Georgia. With an elevation of 676 feet, Old Shorter Hill is the 910th highest summit in the US state of Georgia. It is considered to be one of the Seven Hills of Rome, Georgia.
Marshall Forest
Forest
Photo: Heather3729, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marshall Forest is located in Floyd County, Georgia, United States, 5 miles outside the Rome city limits. It is one of the few remaining old-growth forests in Northwest Georgia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rome.
Rome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rome is a city that was founded at the convergence of the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers in Georgia's Historic High Country. The city was named for the seven hills around the city, and was land taken from the Treaty of New Echota.
DeSoto Lake
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Floyd, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.22425° or 34° 13′ 27″ northLongitude
-85.18418° or 85° 11′ 3″ westElevation
620 feet (189 metres)Open location code
866P6RF8+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 31121772OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
4191040Wikidata ID
Q19868129
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