Indian Hills, Lake Oconee | Neighborhood Guide
Indian Hills on Lake Oconee is the name most people use for a cluster of three blended lakefront neighborhoods on the White Plains side of Lake Oconee in Greene County: Indian Hills, Pioneer Woods, and Stoneridge. Near the end of Howard Lewis Road, an Indian Hills Estates sign marks the way in. In practice they blend seamlessly into one another. Locals and Nextdoor tend to lump all three together under “Indian Hills,” and honestly, once you are driving the roads, the lines are hard to find. The map below shows roughly how the three pockets lay out around the peninsula.
The distinction is mostly a formality. All three communities share the same location, the same relaxed architectural styles and landscaping, and a voluntary HOA. The main thing that separates them is the year each was platted. If you are searching specific listings, it helps to know all three names, but this is the farthest extent of the White Plains area of Lake Oconee. Buyers searching this area know where they are looking – Indian Hills, Stoneridge, and Pioneer Woods are effectively one neighborhood for that search.
Quick Facts
| County / city | Greene County — White Plains, GA 30678 |
| Streets | Pioneer Trail and Pioneer Drive in, then Stoneridge Circle, Lullwater Court, Cottonwood Lane, Cherokee Trail, Tomahawk Court, Chieftain Way and Quail Hollow Drive |
| Getting there | Down Howard Lewis Road to the end, on the White Plains side. The Indian Hills Estates monument marks the way in |
| Time to grocery | 20 to 25 minutes to the Lake Oconee Publix. Oconee Towne Center, coming at the I-20 exit in Greensboro, will add a closer option |
| Gated | No |
| HOA | Voluntary and inexpensive, roughly $100 to $150 a year. Most properties carry covenants |
| Water access | Almost entirely private frontage. There is little to no off-water inventory here |
| Schools | Greene County School System, with eligibility to apply to Lake Oconee Academy by lottery |
Where Indian Hills, Pioneer Woods, and Stoneridge Are Located on Lake Oconee
All three sit together at the end of Howard Lewis Road on the White Plains side of Lake Oconee in Greene County, the same corridor that leads to the gated community of Oconee Landing. Broadly, Indian Hills faces inward toward the large open cove to the south and east, Stoneridge faces the main lake channel to the west and wraps around the point, and Pioneer Woods runs from there around a small subcove out to the point at Quail Hollow Drive. The detail map shows each pocket.
Some of the Clearest Water on Lake Oconee
This is one of the best spots on the entire lake for water quality. Sitting closer to the dam and farther from the river and creek inlets, this stretch holds some of the clearest water on Lake Oconee. It is not gin-clear to the bottom — no water on Oconee is — but by lake standards it is about as good as it gets. Parts of the shoreline are also studded with dramatic, oversized boulders that many homeowners have woven right into their landscaping.
That is not just my opinion of it. Go through the history for these three pockets and the same claim comes back from a dozen different agents, none of them working together — the clearest water on the lake, the clearest and prettiest, the clearest sandy bottom, arguably the clearest, unparalleled water clarity, deep beautiful blue water. I had to chuckle at that last one. Please do not believe any water in Lake Oconee is blue. When competing agents independently reach for the same superlative about a stretch of shoreline over a decade, it is usually true.
A Prime Boating Location
The location is hard to beat for time on the water. A quick boat ride north brings you to The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, and from most homesites here, a ride south around the point delivers you to the famous Lake Oconee jumping rock in just minutes.
Inside the Communities
Each pocket has its own classic stone-and-timber entrance, but the wooded, rolling character carries across all three.
Homes in Indian Hills, Pioneer Woods and Stoneridge and What They Sell For
This is a bigger neighborhood than it looks from the road. There is a very limited amount of off-water inventory across the three pockets, which is unusual on this lake and is a large part of why the market here behaves the way it does.
Houses run from small mid-1980s cottages through to recent construction, mostly three and four bedroom. Lots are compact by lake standards, though one runs to nearly four acres. The water at the dock is good along this stretch, but it varies lot to lot as it does anywhere.
Prices here have moved sharply. Recent sales have run well above where this neighborhood sat a few years ago, and the top of the market has roughly tripled from where it was in 2020.
Who Owns the Woods Behind the Houses
Look at a parcel map of these three pockets and the shape is unmistakable. The lots are platted in wedges around the outside of two peninsulas — Stoneridge Circle and Lullwater Court on the western one, Cherokee Trail and Chieftain Way on the eastern — and running down the middle of each is a long, narrow strip that was never sold. Those strips have no lake frontage of their own.
That land belongs to a single Atlanta family company, and has for more than forty years.
The man who originally bought and sold off the parcels around these interior strips was Henry A. Lassiter, a Clayton County land dealer who held large tracts in several states. He acquired this ground around 1982 — three years after Georgia Power closed Wallace Dam and the water was already here — and moved it into Lassiter Properties in 1983. Lots started selling the following year, and some of the families who bought direct from him still own here today.
Lassiter was killed in a traffic accident in Singapore in 1994, at 48. His company was, and still is, in the business of buying and holding timberland, and it stayed with his family after he died. The interior strips have not moved since.
That is a different arrangement from other subdivisions around Lake Oconee. At Deerfield and Sandy Creek, the undeveloped interior is recorded to the homeowners association. The people who live there own it collectively and nobody can build on it, because they would have to sell it to themselves first.
At Pioneer Woods, Stoneridge and Indian Hills the woods between the lake lots belong to somebody else.
The View That Cannot Change
Several homes on this peninsula look across at the Georgia Power wildlife management area and the Oconee National Forest rather than at other houses. You will have that view for as long as you own the place, because that land is not going to change. 1 listing for sale now $1,750,000 4 bd · 3 ba · 2,423 sq ft · Lakefront 1061 Tomahawk Court, White Plains, GA 30678 Listing courtesy of Drake Realty Lake Area, Inc., 706-705-4203 · #72024 Similar home in Whispering Pines & Rocky Creek $1,250,000 2 bd · 3 ba · 3,400 sq ft · Lakefront 1320 Tal Lewis Road, White Plains, GA 30678 Listing courtesy of Drake Realty Lake Area, Inc., 706-705-4203 · #71930 Similar home in Whispering Pines & Rocky Creek $1,199,999 4 bd · 3 ba · 2,594 sq ft · Lakefront 1010 Holmes Drive, White Plains, GA 30678 Listing courtesy of Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee, 706-467-3181 · #70926 Non-commercial use only. Listing data © 2026 Lake Country Board of REALTORS® MLS. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Indian Hills, Pioneer Woods & Stoneridge Homes for Sale
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Indian Hills, Pioneer Woods, and Stoneridge the same neighborhood?
Effectively, yes. They are three adjacent lakefront pockets at the end of Howard Lewis Road on the White Plains side of Lake Oconee that blend together and are often referred to collectively as Indian Hills. The main difference between them is the year each was platted.
How much do homes in Indian Hills, Pioneer Woods and Stoneridge cost?
Prices here have moved a long way in the last few years, and the spread is wide because the houses range from small 1980s cottages to recent custom builds. Almost everything here is on the water, so dock access is not what separates one price from another. For a figure on a specific property, get in touch.
Do these communities have an HOA?
Yes, but it is voluntary rather than mandatory, and inexpensive at roughly $100 to $150 a year. Most properties carry covenants.
How is the water quality here?
Excellent by Lake Oconee standards. Being closer to the dam and away from the river and creek inlets, this area has some of the clearest water on the lake, and parts of the shoreline have a sandy bottom.
What is the boating access like?
Outstanding. A short boat ride north reaches The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, and a ride south around the point reaches the well-known Lake Oconee jumping rock within minutes.
How much does the drive out here cost you at resale?
Historically some, and it is the honest trade-off of buying at this end of the lake.
The Richland-side neighborhoods along Walker Church Road sit closer to groceries and restaurants, and that convenience has traditionally carried a resale premium over White Plains. What you get out here in exchange is the water clarity and the quiet.
That gap looks likely to narrow. Oconee Towne Center at the I-20 exit adds a second grocery option on this end of the lake, and part of what the closer neighborhoods have been charging for goes away with it. Contact Margie Sorrell for a valuation of your Indian Hills, Pioneer Woods or Stoneridge home.
Where are Indian Hills, Pioneer Woods, and Stoneridge located?
At the end of Howard Lewis Road on the White Plains side of Lake Oconee in Greene County, Georgia, on a peninsula between an open cove and the main lake channel.
Interested in Indian Hills, Pioneer Woods, or Stoneridge?
If clear water, a strong boating location, and an easygoing wooded community sound right, Margie Sorrell knows these neighborhoods and the entire Lake Oconee market inside and out. Contact Margie to talk through your options.
Last updated September 2026.
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