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Largest Lakes in Georgia

Ranked by surface area, from USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Flowages and reservoirs count here - size is size - and each is labeled in its own record.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir	Lincoln	40,816 acres	-
2	Lake Sidney Lanier	Forsyth	38,293 acres	-
3	Walter F George Reservoir	Quitman	34,919 acres	-
4	J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir	Columbia	25,660 acres	-
5	West Point Lake	Troup	22,313 acres	-
6	Lake Oconee	Greene	17,436 acres	-
7	Hartwell Lake	Hart	15,559 acres	-
8	Lake Sinclair	Hancock	13,173 acres	-
9	Allatoona Lake	Cherokee	11,254 acres	-
10	Lake Seminole	Decatur	10,501 acres	-
11	Lake Blackshear	Sumter	7,984 acres	-
12	Blackjack Lake	Ware	7,333 acres	-
13	Lake Seminole	Seminole	7,190 acres	-
14	Sometime Hole	Charlton	5,362 acres	-
15	Maul Hammock Lake	Charlton	4,975 acres	-
16	Perch Lake	Charlton	3,780 acres	-
17	Nottely Lake	Union	3,658 acres	-
18	Jackson Lake	Jasper	3,423 acres	-
19	Blue Ridge Lake	Fannin	3,018 acres	-
20	Carters Lake	Gilmer	2,972 acres	-
21	Lake Burton	Rabun	2,528 acres	-
22	Lake Oliver	Muscogee	1,803 acres	-
23	Lake Tobesofkee	Bibb	1,539 acres	-
24	J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir	Elbert	1,415 acres	-
25	Goat Rock Lake	Harris	971 acres	-
26	House Lake	Charlton	937 acres	-
27	Banks Lake	Lanier	825 acres	-
28	Reregulation Reservoir	Gordon	815 acres	-
29	Lower Williams Lake	Newton	814 acres	-
30	Lake Rabun	Rabun	723 acres	-
31	Guest Millpond	Atkinson	670 acres	-
32	Buck Lake	Ware	604 acres	-
33	Parkers Lake	Rockdale	578 acres	-
34	High Falls Lake	Monroe	562 acres	-
35	Lake Jodeco	Clayton	554 acres	-
36	Bee Gum Lake	Charlton	539 acres	-
37	Lake Verne	Clinch	522 acres	-
38	Tugaloo Lake	Rabun	502 acres	-
39	Wastewater Treatment Pond Number Five	Richmond	438 acres	-
40	Lake Arrowhead	Cherokee	436 acres	-
41	Bull Sluice Lake	Fulton	407 acres	-
42	Big Water Lake	Charlton	386 acres	-
43	Bear Garden Swamp	Lowndes	330 acres	-
44	Stone Mountain Lake	DeKalb	330 acres	-
45	Canton Mills Lake	Cherokee	326 acres	-
46	Silver Lake	Decatur	317 acres	-
47	Lake Acworth	Cobb	303 acres	-
48	Ocean Pond	Lowndes	303 acres	-
49	Long Pond	Lowndes	301 acres	-
50	Heads Creek Reservoir	Spalding	300 acres	-
51	Hilliards Pond	Coffee	289 acres	-
52	Kennedy Pond	Bulloch	289 acres	-
53	Reservoir 51	Banks	285 acres	-
54	Yonah Lake	Habersham	284 acres	-
55	Lake Tchukolaho	Wilkinson	282 acres	-
56	LaFayette City Reservoir	Walker	270 acres	-
57	Little Tallapoosa Lake	Carroll	268 acres	-
58	Kellys Pond	Jefferson	267 acres	-
59	Harbins Lake	Henry	263 acres	-
60	Treasure Lake	Carroll	254 acres	-
61	Little Ocmulgee Lake	Telfair	238 acres	-
62	Stanley Bay	Brooks	235 acres	-
63	Lake Lindsay Grace	Wayne	232 acres	-
64	Lake Rutledge	Morgan	229 acres	-
65	Lake Peachtree	Fayette	222 acres	-
66	Dam Number 10	Jackson	215 acres	-
67	Heards Lake	Thomas	211 acres	-
68	Turkey Pond	Burke	197 acres	-
69	Langdale Lake	Lowndes	196 acres	-
70	Seed Lake	Rabun	190 acres	-
71	Lake Worth	Dougherty	183 acres	-
72	Ohio Lake	Ware	175 acres	-
73	Lake Windwood	Fulton	171 acres	-
74	Rays Millpond	Lanier	171 acres	-
75	Wildwood Lake	Treutlen	171 acres	-
76	Hamburgh Millpond	Washington	168 acres	-
77	Lake Philema	Sumter	167 acres	-
78	Selman Lakes	Floyd	163 acres	-
79	Lake Carroll	Carroll	162 acres	-
80	Whittakers Lake	Seminole	162 acres	-
81	Lake Louise	Stephens	160 acres	-
82	Long Pond	Baker	159 acres	-
83	Whitewater Pond	Macon	158 acres	-
84	Lake Wildwood	Bibb	157 acres	-
85	Mountain Creek Lake	Harris	155 acres	-
86	Featherfield Lake	Terrell	154 acres	-
87	Houston Lake	Houston	153 acres	-
88	George H Sparks Reservoir	Douglas	151 acres	-
89	Lake Oliver	Muscogee	151 acres	-
90	Reed Bingham Park Lake	Colquitt	150 acres	-
91	Johns Pond	Brantley	149 acres	-
92	Warrenton City Pond	Warren	149 acres	-
93	Whitewater Club Lake	Lowndes	146 acres	-
94	Club Lake	Clayton	139 acres	-
95	Phillips Pond	Quitman	136 acres	-
96	Rayonier Lake	Wayne	136 acres	-
97	Cowart Lake	Fulton	135 acres	-
98	Cane Creek Structure Number Two Lake	Meriwether	134 acres	-
99	Keas Old Millpond	Emanuel	134 acres	-
100	Sand Hill Lake	Treutlen	132 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 728 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Georgia page, for the full inventory.

Source: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.