Lakes / Georgia / Effingham County / Griffin Lake
Griffin Lake, Effingham County, Georgia
106 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
32.42 degrees N, 81.46 degrees W - Effingham 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 Griffin Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 83% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- The largest lake in Effingham County among those counted.
- About 32 miles from Savannah, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngblood Pond | Bulloch | 10 mi | 59 acres |
| Crombley Pond | Bulloch | 12 mi | 26 acres |
| Meldrin Millpond | Screven | 13 mi | 104 acres |
| Jarrell Pond | Screven | 16 mi | 119 acres |
| Quattlebaum Pond | Bulloch | 17 mi | 42 acres |
| Simmons Pond | Bulloch | 18 mi | 42 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 61321314). Verified October 30, 2026.