Lakes / Georgia / Pike County / Bottoms Lake
Bottoms Lake, Georgia
31 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
33.11 degrees N, 84.43 degrees W - Pike 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 Bottoms Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 26% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- About 44 miles from Atlanta, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Lewis | Pike | 4.0 mi | 39 acres |
| Twin Lakes | Meriwether | 7.5 mi | 26 acres |
| Turner Lake | Upson | 8.5 mi | 26 acres |
| Jones Millpond | Meriwether | 11 mi | 103 acres |
| Shoal Creek Lake | Spalding | 12 mi | 40 acres |
| Heads Creek Reservoir | Spalding | 13 mi | 300 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 55251553). Verified October 30, 2026.