Beau Rivage, Lake Oconee | Madison GA Neighborhood Guide
Beau Rivage is the last neighborhood on Lake Oconee in Greene County going west. Keep on Highway 278 past the turn and the road crosses the Apalachee River into Morgan County. The turn itself is Reid Duvall Road, and about a mile in you come to stacked stone columns, white three-rail fence, lanterns, and a pair of palm trees standing either side of the sign.
The name is French for beautiful shore, and whoever platted it carried the idea straight through into English: the one street on the water is called Shoreline Drive.
Quick Facts
| County / city | Greene County — Madison, GA 30650 mailing address |
| Streets | Beau Rivage Drive, Shoreline Drive, and Oak Grove Terrace (platted, not yet cut in) |
| Getting there | Highway 278 to Reid Duvall Road, then into Beau Rivage Drive |
| Time to grocery | About 15 minutes to Ingles in Greensboro, or about 15 minutes to Madison |
| Gated | No |
| HOA | No association reported in the listing record |
| Water access | Eleven waterfront lots on Shoreline Drive with private frontage. The interior lots are off water. |
| Lots | Waterfront lots about an acre; more than two dozen interior lots platted, likely more to come |
| Schools | Greene County School System, with eligibility to apply to Lake Oconee Academy |
Where Beau Rivage Is on Lake Oconee
Beau Rivage sits at the upper western end of the lake, on the Apalachee River arm. The Apalachee is one of the two rivers that make Lake Oconee — it comes down out of Gwinnett County and meets the Oconee River in the lake west of Greensboro — and Beau Rivage is the last Greene County neighborhood before Highway 278 crosses it into Morgan County. It is part of the broader Northern Greene County and Upper Lake area.
Mail here goes to a Madison 30650 address even though the neighborhood is in Greene County. The nearest post office is in Madison; the county line is the river.
Cross that line and the same water becomes Morgan County. Waterstone Farms sits a little downstream on the far bank, which is a useful comparison if you are weighing this end of the lake: same arm, different county, different schools, and a very different association.
The Drive In
You drive Beau Rivage Drive through the whole interior part of the neighborhood before you see the lake. That stretch is clean and well kept — newer houses, mown lots, and one large metal building finished out as a very well done and cute home. More than two dozen interior lots are already platted, with land and room for more, and Oak Grove Terrace is laid out to come off the cul-de-sac at the end of Shoreline Drive and open up several more.
Where Beau Rivage Drive meets Shoreline Drive there are further lots platted to the north, but that road has not been formally cut in. Apart from one undeveloped waterfront lot at the intersection itself, everything built is south of that corner.
Homes and Lots in the Beau Rivage Subdivision
Eleven waterfront lots on Shoreline Drive, running about an acre to an acre and a fifth, with reported frontage between roughly 120 and 135 feet. Most of the waterfront houses went up around 2005, with newer construction filling in since — one from 2020 and one from 2025 at the corner.
The lots are flat. That is the thing to take away about this neighborhood, and it sets Beau Rivage apart from most of the north end. There the ground often falls hard from the road down to the water, and getting to a dock means stairs.
There is not much Beau Rivage Lake Oconee sale history to work from either way. On the waterfront side, closings have run from the low $300,000s in 2019 to the high $800,000s in 2025, off a handful of sales. The interior lots trade separately and at their own level, and the two sides of this neighborhood should never be read against each other.
Flat Lots and Fishing Water
The water runs a bit shallow at the shoreline. Listings that report a depth here put it around three to three and a half feet at the dock, and that is exactly what makes this such a good spot for fishermen and the boats they bring with them. Bass, catfish and bream all get named in listings from Shoreline Drive.
The flat ground works the same way. There is no long drop from the house down to the water and no staircase to carry rods, coolers and gear up and down. If you have a large wakeboat or similar, this is not the stretch for it; for most of what people actually fish out of, it is close to ideal.
Max docks are in place on several of these lots and have been permitted by Georgia Power, including one built new in 2025. Beau Rivage is the Apalachee-arm version of what Oconee Farms is at the top of the Oconee arm.
Sunsets Over the Water
The houses on Shoreline Drive face west across the water, and sunset views are the benefit. Oconee Farms, just east at the top of the Oconee arm, is the mirror image of it and sells the sunrise.
Frequently Asked Questions About Beau Rivage
Where is Beau Rivage on Lake Oconee?
Beau Rivage is a small waterfront neighborhood at the upper western end of Lake Oconee in Greene County, Georgia, with a Madison 30650 mailing address. You reach it from Highway 278 by turning onto Reid Duvall Road and then into Beau Rivage Drive. It is the westernmost Lake Oconee neighborhood in Greene County — past it, Highway 278 crosses the Apalachee River into Morgan County.
How many lots are in Beau Rivage?
Eleven waterfront lots on Shoreline Drive, plus more than two dozen interior lots already platted with room for more. Oak Grove Terrace is laid out to come off the cul-de-sac at the end of Shoreline Drive but is not formally cut in yet. Three streets in total.
Is Beau Rivage gated?
No. The entrance has stone columns and lanterns but no gate, and both finished streets are open.
Does Beau Rivage have an HOA?
No association is reported in the listing record for this neighborhood, and at least one Beau Rivage listing states plainly that there is no HOA. Confirm it for the specific property you are looking at.
Why does Beau Rivage have a Madison address if it is in Greene County?
Because a postal address follows the nearest post office and the county line follows the river. Beau Rivage sits on the Greene County side of the Apalachee, and Madison, over in Morgan County, is the closest town with a post office. For taxes and county services the property is in Greene County whatever the mailing address says. The same split happens elsewhere on the lake — Hickory Point and Fawnfield are mostly in Putnam County but carry Buckhead mailing addresses.
Is the water at Beau Rivage the lake or the river?
Both descriptions appear in listings and neither is wrong. Beau Rivage sits on the Apalachee River arm at the point where it is opening out into Lake Oconee, so the water in front of these houses is river on paper and lake in practice. One listing here describes the main lake as being just around the bend.
How much does water depth affect value in Beau Rivage?
More than anything else on the waterfront side. Depths reported here run around three to three and a half feet at the dock, which is on the shallow side, and a foot either way changes who your buyer is. Two lots side by side with identical houses and identical frontage are not the same property if one holds a foot more water at the end of the dock.
The flat ground helps — it usually means a short, easy walk out — but flat land leading down to the waters of Lake Oconee means the land under that water follows the same contour. This is a pattern around the lake and it does influence property values. Deeper water provides a larger buyer base, while shallow water points to a more specialized audience. If you need help determining how water depth affects your listing price get in touch with Margie Sorrell for a valuation of your Lake Oconee home.
Does my street matter to what my Beau Rivage home is worth?
In a neighborhood of three streets it is close to the only thing that matters. Shoreline Drive is the waterfront — eleven lots with private frontage, a dock at the end of the yard, and all of the value that comes with those. Beau Rivage Drive is interior: good houses on good lots in a lake neighborhood, but not lake houses, and they answer to a different buyer entirely. Oak Grove Terrace is platted but not cut in, so it is land rather than housing for now.
A valuation that treats Beau Rivage as one market will be wrong in both directions at once — short on the water and long off it. The spread does not stop at the corner either. Within Shoreline Drive itself, frontage and the depth at the end of each dock vary lot to lot, which is why two houses of the same size on the same street do not carry the same number. Margie can help with a proper comparative market analysis to determine where to price your Beau Rivage home.
Interested in Beau Rivage?
Beau Rivage rarely has much for sale, and the waterfront and interior sides of it are two different markets with two different sets of comparables. Margie Sorrell listed and sold the highest-priced home on record in Beau Rivage, representing the seller — someone she has known since her college years bartending in Athens. She has stayed close to a lot of those regulars, and has bought and sold on this lake with several of them. Get in touch and Margie will tell you honestly what you are looking at — including whether the water in front of a particular lot suits the boat you actually own.
Last updated September 2026.