Lakes / Georgia / Chatham County / Lake Mayer
Lake Mayer, Georgia
47 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
31.99 degrees N, 81.09 degrees W - Chatham 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 Lake Mayer Stacks Up
- Larger than 57% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- The largest lake in Chatham County among those counted.
- About 6 miles from Savannah, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest City Gun Club Lake | Chatham | 1.1 mi | 33 acres |
| Zeigler Pond | Effingham | 18 mi | 26 acres |
| Upper Lake George | Liberty | 20 mi | 35 acres |
| Haarley Lake | Bryan | 26 mi | 37 acres |
| Flag Pond | McIntosh | 33 mi | 80 acres |
| North Pond | McIntosh | 33 mi | 50 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 129670520). Verified October 30, 2026.