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Lakes Near Athens, Georgia

111 counted Georgia lakes sit within 60 miles of Athens - the largest is J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir at 40,816 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir	Lincoln	57 mi	40,816 acres	-
Lake Sidney Lanier	Forsyth	41 mi	38,293 acres	-
J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir	Columbia	60 mi	25,660 acres	-
Lake Oconee	Greene	34 mi	17,436 acres	-
Hartwell Lake	Hart	42 mi	15,559 acres	-
Lake Sinclair	Hancock	52 mi	13,173 acres	-
Jackson Lake	Jasper	50 mi	3,423 acres	-
J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir	Elbert	43 mi	1,415 acres	-
Lower Williams Lake	Newton	32 mi	814 acres	-
Lake Rabun	Rabun	56 mi	723 acres	-
Parkers Lake	Rockdale	36 mi	578 acres	-
Tugaloo Lake	Rabun	54 mi	502 acres	-
Bull Sluice Lake	Fulton	59 mi	407 acres	-
Stone Mountain Lake	DeKalb	46 mi	330 acres	-
Reservoir 51	Banks	24 mi	285 acres	-
Yonah Lake	Habersham	51 mi	284 acres	-
Lake Rutledge	Morgan	25 mi	229 acres	-
Dam Number 10	Jackson	6 mi	215 acres	-
Seed Lake	Rabun	57 mi	190 acres	-
Lake Windwood	Fulton	51 mi	171 acres	-
Lake Louise	Stephens	45 mi	160 acres	-
Warrenton City Pond	Warren	53 mi	149 acres	-
Clayton County Reservoir	Henry	56 mi	130 acres	-
Lake Dow	Henry	54 mi	109 acres	-
Norris Lake	DeKalb	41 mi	104 acres	-
Harrison Lake B	McDuffie	59 mi	102 acres	-
Chief McIntosh Lake	Butts	59 mi	92 acres	-
Lake Russell	Habersham	38 mi	88 acres	-
Rock Eagle Lake	Putnam	37 mi	87 acres	-
Harrison Lake A	McDuffie	60 mi	83 acres	-
Reservoir 29	Madison	11 mi	83 acres	-
Swan Lake	Henry	55 mi	80 acres	-
Reservoir 59	Banks	31 mi	76 acres	-
Boyle Lake Number Five	Jasper	41 mi	73 acres	-
Murder Creek Lake	Jasper	41 mi	69 acres	-
Berkeley Lake	Gwinnett	47 mi	68 acres	-
Habersham Mills Lake	Habersham	46 mi	68 acres	-
Johnsons Lake	Warren	58 mi	60 acres	-
Lake Oglethorpe	Oglethorpe	9 mi	58 acres	-
Lavonia Water Works Lake	Franklin	38 mi	58 acres	-
Tallulah Falls Lake	Rabun	55 mi	56 acres	-
Freeman Lake	Gwinnett	45 mi	55 acres	-
Lake Bulow Campbell	Newton	45 mi	54 acres	-
Reservoir 30	Elbert	29 mi	52 acres	-
Shivers Lake Number One	Warren	47 mi	51 acres	-
Vason Lake	Morgan	36 mi	51 acres	-
Reservoir 27	Madison	15 mi	50 acres	-
Rockdale Lake	Rockdale	39 mi	50 acres	-
Martin Lake	Fulton	55 mi	48 acres	-
Beaverdam Creek Lake	Wilkes	34 mi	47 acres	-
Malone Lake	Jasper	51 mi	47 acres	-
Lake Upper Mulberry River Eleven	Gwinnett	31 mi	46 acres	-
Reservoir Number 44	Stephens	37 mi	46 acres	-
Covington Reservoir	Newton	36 mi	45 acres	-
Lake Matthews	Gwinnett	39 mi	45 acres	-
Looper Lake	Hall	34 mi	44 acres	-
Reservoir 64	Madison	17 mi	44 acres	-
Watershed Lake	Barrow	15 mi	44 acres	-
DeKalb County Water Works	DeKalb	53 mi	43 acres	-
Skyland Lake	Henry	59 mi	43 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 111 counted lakes within 60 miles of Athens.

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.