Lakes / Georgia / Dawson County / Fausett Lake
Fausett Lake, Georgia
32 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
34.53 degrees N, 84.28 degrees W - Dawson 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 Fausett Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 29% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- About 54 miles from Atlanta, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Petit | Pickens | 4.5 mi | 107 acres |
| Sequoyah Lake | Pickens | 5.1 mi | 38 acres |
| Sconti Lake | Pickens | 5.4 mi | 30 acres |
| Lake Tamarack | Pickens | 5.8 mi | 88 acres |
| Grandview Lake | Pickens | 7.0 mi | 67 acres |
| Upper Twin Mountain Lake | Pickens | 11 mi | 25 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 41275533). Verified October 30, 2026.