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Lakes Near Atlanta, Georgia

184 counted Georgia lakes sit within 60 miles of Atlanta - the largest is Lake Sidney Lanier at 38,293 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Sidney Lanier	Forsyth	43 mi	38,293 acres	-
Allatoona Lake	Cherokee	31 mi	11,254 acres	-
Jackson Lake	Jasper	40 mi	3,423 acres	-
Lower Williams Lake	Newton	34 mi	814 acres	-
Parkers Lake	Rockdale	26 mi	578 acres	-
High Falls Lake	Monroe	43 mi	562 acres	-
Lake Jodeco	Clayton	17 mi	554 acres	-
Lake Arrowhead	Cherokee	40 mi	436 acres	-
Bull Sluice Lake	Fulton	16 mi	407 acres	-
Stone Mountain Lake	DeKalb	15 mi	330 acres	-
Canton Mills Lake	Cherokee	37 mi	326 acres	-
Lake Acworth	Cobb	27 mi	303 acres	-
Heads Creek Reservoir	Spalding	32 mi	300 acres	-
Little Tallapoosa Lake	Carroll	35 mi	268 acres	-
Harbins Lake	Henry	19 mi	263 acres	-
Treasure Lake	Carroll	32 mi	254 acres	-
Lake Rutledge	Morgan	47 mi	229 acres	-
Lake Peachtree	Fayette	27 mi	222 acres	-
Lake Windwood	Fulton	25 mi	171 acres	-
Lake Carroll	Carroll	40 mi	162 acres	-
George H Sparks Reservoir	Douglas	14 mi	151 acres	-
Club Lake	Clayton	23 mi	139 acres	-
Cowart Lake	Fulton	10 mi	135 acres	-
Cane Creek Structure Number Two Lake	Meriwether	56 mi	134 acres	-
Lake Olympia	Haralson	43 mi	131 acres	-
Clayton County Reservoir	Henry	20 mi	130 acres	-
Lake Dow	Henry	28 mi	109 acres	-
Lake Petit	Pickens	50 mi	107 acres	-
Aubrey Lake	Bartow	41 mi	105 acres	-
Norris Lake	DeKalb	20 mi	104 acres	-
Jones Millpond	Meriwether	48 mi	103 acres	-
Defoor Walters Lake	Gordon	57 mi	102 acres	-
Newnan Waterworks Reservoir Number One	Coweta	37 mi	100 acres	-
Wax Lake	Floyd	49 mi	93 acres	-
Chief McIntosh Lake	Butts	43 mi	92 acres	-
Bibbs Lake	Coweta	35 mi	88 acres	-
Lake Tamarack	Pickens	51 mi	88 acres	-
Wynns Pond	Coweta	27 mi	82 acres	-
Lake Val-Do-Mar	Douglas	29 mi	80 acres	-
Swan Lake	Henry	15 mi	80 acres	-
Blalock Lakes	Coweta	43 mi	77 acres	-
Blalock Lake Number Two	Coweta	42 mi	75 acres	-
Boyle Lake Number Five	Jasper	43 mi	73 acres	-
Hightower Lake	Upson	58 mi	73 acres	-
Barnesville Reservoir	Lamar	46 mi	71 acres	-
Eubank Lake	Haralson	42 mi	71 acres	-
Lake Erma	Henry	22 mi	69 acres	-
Murder Creek Lake	Jasper	43 mi	69 acres	-
Pine Valley Lake	Paulding	21 mi	69 acres	-
Berkeley Lake	Gwinnett	20 mi	68 acres	-
Carmichel Lake	Fulton	24 mi	68 acres	-
Grandview Lake	Pickens	52 mi	67 acres	-
Newnan Waterworks Reservoir Number Three	Coweta	36 mi	67 acres	-
Yellow Jacket Creek Structure Number 15 Lake	Troup	48 mi	65 acres	-
Mathis Lake	Meriwether	51 mi	63 acres	-
Shamrock Lake	Henry	19 mi	61 acres	-
Tumlin Lake	Carroll	33 mi	61 acres	-
Humphries Lake	Carroll	36 mi	58 acres	-
Paris Lake	Floyd	55 mi	58 acres	-
Lake Bennett	Fayette	21 mi	56 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 184 counted lakes within 60 miles of Atlanta.

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