Lakes / Georgia / Oglethorpe County / Big Lake
Big Lake, Oglethorpe County, Georgia
26 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
33.99 degrees N, 83.18 degrees W - Oglethorpe County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Big Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 8% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- About 11 miles from Athens, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam Lake | Oglethorpe | 1.6 mi | 25 acres |
| Reservoir 29 | Madison | 6.0 mi | 83 acres |
| Reservoir 64 | Madison | 8.1 mi | 44 acres |
| Lake Oglethorpe | Oglethorpe | 8.9 mi | 58 acres |
| Reservoir Six | Madison | 10 mi | 30 acres |
| Dam Number 10 | Jackson | 12 mi | 215 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Big Lake
How Big Is Big Lake?
Big Lake covers 26 acres in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
What Is the Largest Lake in Oglethorpe County?
Lake Oglethorpe is the largest lake in Oglethorpe County, at 58 acres.
Largest Lakes in Georgia
| # | 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 | - |
All 728 Georgia lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 46762343). Verified October 30, 2026.