Lakes / Georgia / Talbot County / Montarella Lake
Montarella Lake, Georgia
35 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
32.54 degrees N, 84.69 degrees W - Talbot 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 Montarella Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 36% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- The largest lake in Talbot County among those counted.
- About 65 miles from Macon, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Lake | Muscogee | 2.5 mi | 28 acres |
| Juniper Lake | Marion | 5.5 mi | 90 acres |
| Lambert Lake | Marion | 7.9 mi | 40 acres |
| Braketts Lakes | Harris | 9.2 mi | 27 acres |
| Lake Olive | Harris | 9.6 mi | 26 acres |
| Bull Creek Watershed Lake Number Three | Muscogee | 13 mi | 40 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 146916925). Verified October 30, 2026.