Hidden Pointe, Lake Oconee | Greensboro GA Neighborhood Guide
Start with the spelling, because it will cost you in a search. It is Hidden Pointe, with the e — that is what the entrance sign reads, what the Georgia Secretary of State has on file, and what the county tax assessor carries. The one place the e goes missing is the parcel record for the land holding the boat ramp and storage yard, filed to a Hidden Point Homeowners Association, no e. That is a clerical slip at the county, not a second name.
You reach it the same way you reach White Oak Plantation — off Highway 278 onto Forks Road, then a long run through national forest. Where White Oak Plantation turns off first, Hidden Pointe is the one at the end of Cannon Trail. There is nothing else down there.
Quick Facts
| County / city | Greene County — Greensboro, GA 30642 |
| Also spelled | Hidden Point, without the e, in some listings and in one county parcel record |
| Streets | Brannon Drive is the main road, with Chip’s Place and Lakeview Drive off it |
| Getting there | Highway 278 to Forks Road, right at the fork onto Cannon Trail, to the tee at Brannon Drive |
| Time to grocery | 10 to 15 minutes to Ingles in Greensboro |
| Gated | No |
| HOA | Yes — Hidden Pointe Homeowners Association. Dues are not published; confirm before you write an offer |
| Lake access | Private frontage on the waterfront lots; a community boat ramp and a fenced boat and trailer storage yard owned by the association |
| Lot sizes | Right around an acre, most of them one to one and a quarter |
| Homes | An original late-1990s phase, then newer construction including recent cottages |
| Schools | Greene County School System |
Where Hidden Pointe Is on Lake Oconee
Hidden Pointe sits on the south side of Highway 278 at the upper end of the lake, in Greene County. The approach runs through roughly a thousand acres of national forest, and the neighborhood is the last thing on the road — Cannon Trail ends at a tee, and that tee is Brannon Drive.
Look across the water and you are mostly looking at the southern end of Apalachee Woods, over on the Morgan County side. Immediately south, sharing the same stretch of shoreline, is Cannon’s Point on Staci Drive. Hidden Pointe Lake Oconee belongs to the broader Northern Greene County and Upper Lake area.
The Tee at Brannon Drive
Cannon Trail ends and you pick a direction. Right is the longer of the two and runs the length of the neighborhood. Left is short and finishes among lakefront homes on Chip’s Place.
At the far end of the long side is the entrance to the boat ramp. Right at the front of it, next to the road rather than down by the water, sits a fenced boat and trailer storage yard — a large one for a neighborhood this size. That ground belongs to the Hidden Pointe Homeowners Association, which is worth knowing, because storage is the thing most lake neighborhoods do not solve and residents here do not have to keep a trailer on the lot.
Flat Lots and Big Lawns
The lakefront lots here are very flat. Not gently sloping — flat, with big open lawns running to the water. Whoever developed this cleared more of the big pines and hardwoods than most Lake Oconee subdivisions do, and the result is a neighborhood of open ground rather than one carved into woods.
That has consequences. There is room on these lots for things other lake lots cannot hold — you could even fit half a soccer field on some of them. It also makes this one of the best walking neighborhoods on the lake, which is not a phrase that applies to many places out here, where the usual pattern is a narrow road with a steep drop on one side.
Waterfront and Interior
Hidden Pointe is not only a waterfront neighborhood. There are interior lots and interior builds here, some of them genuinely attractive small cottages, and they sit on the same generous open ground as everything else.
That split matters when you look at prices. Waterfront here has recently traded between roughly $925,000 and $1.1 million. An interior home with subdivision access rather than private frontage has changed hands well below that, nearer $400,000. Those are two different products in one neighborhood, and averaging them together produces a number that describes nothing.
The Homes
Two eras, clearly. An original phase went up in the late 1990s, and lots have continued to fill in since — including new construction completed in 2022 and 2023. Heated square footage across recent sales has run from about 2,000 to 3,100, on lots consistently around an acre to an acre and a quarter.
Where frontage is reported it has run from about 105 to 120 feet, and the one recorded depth figure sits at five and a half feet at the dock.
Frequently Asked Questions About Hidden Pointe
Is it Hidden Point or Hidden Pointe?
Hidden Pointe, with the e. The entrance sign, the Georgia Secretary of State filing and the county tax assessor all agree on it. Only one county parcel record drops the e, on the land holding the boat ramp, and that is a filing error rather than a real alternative.
Listings use whichever the agent happened to type, so search it both ways.
Why do so many Lake Oconee neighborhoods spell it Pointe?
Nobody agrees, and the lake is split roughly down the middle. Grayson Pointe, Lakeview Pointe, Pinnacle Pointe and Pointe Royal all carry the e. Cannon’s Point, Cherokee Point and Hickory Point do not.
It gets worse inside individual neighborhoods. Parrotts Point Road and Parrotts Pointe Road are the same road, recorded both ways in the same listing database. Point Royal appears as a subdivision without the e while the streets inside it appear with one. A community name and the road running through it do not reliably match.
The practical rule for anyone searching Lake Oconee: if the neighborhood has point in its name, spell it both ways. You will miss listings otherwise.
Where is Hidden Pointe on Lake Oconee?
On the upper end of Lake Oconee in Greene County, Georgia, south of Highway 278, with a Greensboro 30642 mailing address. You come in off Forks Road through national forest and stay right onto Cannon Trail; Hidden Pointe is at the end of it.
What streets are in Hidden Pointe?
Brannon Drive is the main road and runs in both directions from the tee at the end of Cannon Trail. Chip’s Place holds lakefront homes at the short end, and Lakeview Drive runs off Brannon inside the neighborhood.
Is Hidden Pointe gated?
No. There is a brick entrance wall with lanterns and a sign, but no gate. The drive in through the national forest is what keeps it quiet.
Does Hidden Pointe have a boat ramp?
Yes, at the far end of Brannon Drive, along with a fenced boat and trailer storage yard at the front of it. Both belong to the Hidden Pointe Homeowners Association. The storage yard is unusually large for a neighborhood of this size.
Does Hidden Pointe have an HOA?
Yes — the Hidden Pointe Homeowners Association, which owns the boat ramp and the storage yard. Current dues are not published anywhere I can find, so ask for the figure and what it covers before you write an offer.
Does being off-water hurt my value in Hidden Pointe?
It changes it a great deal, and more sharply here than the flat open ground might suggest. Waterfront in Hidden Pointe has been trading in the high six figures to over a million; an interior home with subdivision access rather than private frontage sits beneath that.
What an interior lot here does have going for it is the ground itself. These are big, flat, open acre lots with room to use, in a neighborhood you can genuinely walk, with a ramp and a storage yard the association owns. That is a better off-water proposition than most of the lake offers. It will still never price like frontage — but it should not be valued against an ordinary off-water lot in a subdivision with none of those things, which is exactly what a quick comparison will do to it. Contact Margie for a valuation of your Lake Oconee home.
Are home values in Hidden Pointe rising?
On the waterfront side, sharply. The new construction completed here in the last few years has sold at levels the original late-1990s phase never approached, and the gap between an original house and a new one is now wide enough that they are effectively separate markets on the same street.
That makes the age of a comparable sale more important here than in most neighborhoods. A figure from an older house tells you very little about what a recent build is worth, and the reverse is just as true. Contact Margie for a valuation of your Lake Oconee home.
Interested in Hidden Pointe?
Hidden Pointe suits people who want flat, open, usable ground and quiet, and who do not mind that the nearest anything is a drive through the national forest. The walking alone sets it apart from most of this end of the lake.
Get in touch and Margie will tell you honestly what is available and whether the waterfront or the interior side is the right fit.
Last updated September 2026.