Carters Dam is an earthen embankment dam located south of Chatsworth in Murray County and west of Ellijay in northwestern Georgia, United States, that creates Carters Lake.

The dam is 445 feet (136 m) tall and is situated 26.8 miles (43.1 km) above the mouth of the Coosawattee River.

The area of the primary flood control pool is 3,880 acres (1,570 ha).

[citation needed] The created lake is more than 450 feet (140 m) deep and has 62 miles (100 km) of shoreline without any private docks or other development.

[citation needed] Below the dam is a 1,000-acre (400 ha) retention and re-regulation lake (Reregulation Reservoir).