Lakes / Georgia / Ben Hill County / Dorminy Lake
Dorminy Lake, Georgia
26 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
31.77 degrees N, 83.11 degrees W - Ben Hill 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 Dorminy Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 8% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- About 80 miles from Macon, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuggle Lake | Ben Hill | 6.4 mi | 29 acres |
| Jowers Lake North | Irwin | 10 mi | 26 acres |
| Lake Beatrice | Irwin | 11 mi | 32 acres |
| Sumner Lake | Irwin | 11 mi | 58 acres |
| Bush Lake | Coffee | 11 mi | 59 acres |
| Evans Lake | Irwin | 13 mi | 30 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 80226977). Verified October 30, 2026.