Lake Blackshear covers 8,500 acres with more than 80 miles of shoreline in Crisp, Dooly, Lee, Sumter, and Worth counties. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains a public boat ramp, fishing pier, and day-use areas at the dam, while Georgia Veterans State Park on the western shore provides an 18-hole golf course, marina, and campground. Bass, crappie, and catfish angling draw year-round visitors, and the surrounding pine and hardwood forests offer a quiet rural setting within a short drive of Albany and Cordele.