| Why suffer through a year of living in the city so | | | | for a modern boat. It's quite amazing to see |
| you can enjoy a week at the lake during the | | | | these tiny throwbacks to the 1950's right next |
| summer?? Living at Norris Lake is like being on | | | | door to a $80,000 high tech wake board machine |
| vacation all year round. This fabulous rural | | | | or a $30,000 party pontoon boat. Jet ski's and |
| community is close to everything but feels like | | | | wave runners are also quite prolific in the area but |
| Norman Rockwell. This beautiful private lake is | | | | seldom do you find more than one on the lake at |
| suitable for virtually all water sports including skiing | | | | a time. |
| and wake boarding, and it is only 30 minutes from | | | | |
| Buckhead. Leave the rat race of Atlanta and relax | | | | New waterfront homes are still being built on this |
| in your waterfront home. You will quickly forget | | | | hidden lake, just minutes from Atlanta. Norris Lake |
| the city as you kick back in the rural setting of | | | | has a Snellville, GA mailing address but it is located |
| this charming, tree lined lake. | | | | part in Gwinnett and part in Dekalb and is just a |
| | | | | short hop from Rockdale County. Travelling from |
| Cast for dinner off your private dock but don't be | | | | Snellville to the Stonecrest Mall you will pass within |
| surprised if you tie into a 10 pound largemouth | | | | a half mile of the lake and never even know it is |
| bass. Or join the birdwatchers and enjoy huge | | | | there. So convenient, the lake is just seven |
| varieties of birds and other wildlife that are prolific | | | | minutes form the Wal-Mart Super Center and |
| in the region. Weekends usually find three or four | | | | Publix in Centerville and 15 minutes from Conyers, |
| pontoon party boats rafted together in the center | | | | Snellville and the Stonecrest Mall. Both downtown |
| of the lake as swimmers, young and old, drift | | | | Snellville and the Stonecrest Mall offer fantastic |
| about in the cool lake waters. Perhaps there are | | | | shopping as virtually every Big Box store is |
| one or two wake boarders circling the lake | | | | represented and an extensive collection of high |
| showing off their newest jump or flip. | | | | end Boutiques. These waterfront homes offer |
| | | | | some of the finest advantages of country living |
| Sometimes it feels like you are stuck in the | | | | and all the advantages of living in Atlanta. It is |
| 1970's as the several vintage power boats take | | | | truly country living at it's finest.....vacation is every |
| to the waves. And that is how should feel. Norris | | | | day at Norris Lake. |
| Lake was created in 1936 as a Fishing Camp | | | | |
| featuring a number of small fishing cabins to | | | | Waterfront homes can be purchased for as low |
| serve as weekend retreats for the Atlanta City | | | | as $150,000 or as much as $350,000. Since most |
| Slickers. Most of the original cabins have been | | | | of Norris Lake is located in Gwinnett County, |
| dozed and new spacious year round waterfront | | | | most children in the area are a part of the award |
| homes now stand in their place but there remain | | | | winning Gwinnett School District. |
| a few tiny, block boathouses, barely large enough | | | | |
