Lakes / Georgia / Ware County / Buck Lake
Buck Lake, Georgia
604 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
30.74 degrees N, 82.20 degrees W - Ware 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 Buck Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 95% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- About 113 miles from Savannah, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackjack Lake | Ware | 2.5 mi | 7,333 acres |
| Sometime Hole | Charlton | 5.1 mi | 5,362 acres |
| House Lake | Charlton | 8.6 mi | 937 acres |
| Bee Gum Lake | Charlton | 9.1 mi | 539 acres |
| Big Water Lake | Charlton | 13 mi | 386 acres |
| Perch Lake | Charlton | 14 mi | 3,780 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Buck Lake
How Big Is Buck Lake?
Buck Lake covers 604 acres in Ware County, Georgia.
What Is the Largest Lake in Ware County?
Blackjack Lake is the largest lake in Ware County, at 7,333 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 134186581). Verified October 30, 2026.