Lakes / Georgia / Fannin County / Blue Ridge Lake
Blue Ridge Lake, Georgia
3,018 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
34.85 degrees N, 84.27 degrees W - Fannin 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 Blue Ridge Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 97% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- About 77 miles from Atlanta, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Island Lake | Gilmer | 8.8 mi | 32 acres |
| Lake Woodruff | Union | 9.2 mi | 82 acres |
| Nottely Lake | Union | 13 mi | 3,658 acres |
| Woody Lake | Union | 18 mi | 34 acres |
| Rainbow Lake | Gilmer | 21 mi | 59 acres |
| Sequoyah Lake | Pickens | 22 mi | 38 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
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 132765392). Verified October 30, 2026.