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Lakes Near Macon, Georgia

126 counted Georgia lakes sit within 60 miles of Macon - the largest is Lake Oconee at 17,436 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Oconee	Greene	49 mi	17,436 acres	-
Lake Sinclair	Hancock	33 mi	13,173 acres	-
Jackson Lake	Jasper	39 mi	3,423 acres	-
Lake Tobesofkee	Bibb	10 mi	1,539 acres	-
Lower Williams Lake	Newton	58 mi	814 acres	-
High Falls Lake	Monroe	34 mi	562 acres	-
Heads Creek Reservoir	Spalding	52 mi	300 acres	-
Lake Tchukolaho	Wilkinson	20 mi	282 acres	-
Harbins Lake	Henry	58 mi	263 acres	-
Lake Rutledge	Morgan	56 mi	229 acres	-
Hamburgh Millpond	Washington	55 mi	168 acres	-
Whitewater Pond	Macon	43 mi	158 acres	-
Lake Wildwood	Bibb	8 mi	157 acres	-
Houston Lake	Houston	23 mi	153 acres	-
Club Lake	Clayton	58 mi	139 acres	-
Cane Creek Structure Number Two Lake	Meriwether	58 mi	134 acres	-
Clayton County Reservoir	Henry	57 mi	130 acres	-
Thunder Springs Lake	Laurens	48 mi	129 acres	-
Mossy Lake	Houston	25 mi	115 acres	-
Ben Hall Lake	Laurens	47 mi	109 acres	-
Lake Dow	Henry	49 mi	109 acres	-
Lake Joy	Houston	23 mi	108 acres	-
Jones Millpond	Meriwether	59 mi	103 acres	-
Forbes Lake	Macon	31 mi	96 acres	-
Chief McIntosh Lake	Butts	33 mi	92 acres	-
Rock Eagle Lake	Putnam	42 mi	87 acres	-
McCants Millpond	Taylor	39 mi	86 acres	-
Archers Lakes	Washington	58 mi	83 acres	-
Herds Pond	Johnson	43 mi	81 acres	-
Chapman Lake	Marion	57 mi	76 acres	-
Taylor Mill Lake	Taylor	37 mi	75 acres	-
Boyle Lake Number Five	Jasper	42 mi	73 acres	-
Hightower Lake	Upson	43 mi	73 acres	-
Barnesville Reservoir	Lamar	34 mi	71 acres	-
Free Lake	Houston	32 mi	70 acres	-
Lake Erma	Henry	56 mi	69 acres	-
Murder Creek Lake	Jasper	42 mi	69 acres	-
Horsehead Creek Lake	Macon	40 mi	68 acres	-
Tobe Lake	Wilkinson	40 mi	68 acres	-
Shamrock Lake	Henry	59 mi	61 acres	-
Hodges Lake	Wilkinson	24 mi	59 acres	-
Stuckey Boone Lake	Wilkinson	29 mi	59 acres	-
Harrisons Lake	Twiggs	10 mi	57 acres	-
Bartenfield Lake	Dooly	55 mi	56 acres	-
Wilkinson Lake	Houston	18 mi	55 acres	-
Lake Bulow Campbell	Newton	45 mi	54 acres	-
Myricks Millpond	Twiggs	15 mi	53 acres	-
Jackson Pond	Laurens	48 mi	52 acres	-
Jordan Millpond	Washington	57 mi	51 acres	-
Vason Lake	Morgan	43 mi	51 acres	-
Smith Lake	Houston	22 mi	49 acres	-
Thiele Kaolin Mining Company Lake	Washington	47 mi	49 acres	-
Lake Linda	Bleckley	36 mi	47 acres	-
Malone Lake	Jasper	29 mi	47 acres	-
Napier Pond	Wilkinson	28 mi	47 acres	-
Covington Reservoir	Newton	56 mi	45 acres	-
Lake Destiny	Dodge	53 mi	43 acres	-
Skyland Lake	Henry	44 mi	43 acres	-
Lakeside Reservoir	Bibb	3 mi	42 acres	-
Mays Millpond	Washington	53 mi	42 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 126 counted lakes within 60 miles of Macon.

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