Lakes / Georgia / Greene County / Lake Oconee
Lake Oconee, Greene County, Georgia
17,436 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
33.47 degrees N, 83.24 degrees W - Greene 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 Oconee Stacks Up
- Ranks #6 for surface area among the Georgia lakes counted so far - 17,436 acres.
- The largest lake in Greene County among those counted.
- About 34 miles from Athens, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Eagle Lake | Putnam | 9.2 mi | 87 acres |
| Dickens Lake | Hancock | 14 mi | 39 acres |
| Vason Lake | Morgan | 16 mi | 51 acres |
| Reservoir 31 | Greene | 17 mi | 26 acres |
| Lake Sinclair | Hancock | 18 mi | 13,173 acres |
| Lynch Lake | Jasper | 19 mi | 28 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 52043321). Verified October 30, 2026.