Lakes / Georgia / Ben Hill County / Tuggle Lake
Tuggle Lake, Georgia
29 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
31.76 degrees N, 83.22 degrees W - Ben Hill 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 Tuggle Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 17% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- The largest lake in Ben Hill County among those counted.
- About 78 miles from Macon, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorminy Lake | Ben Hill | 6.4 mi | 26 acres |
| Lake Beatrice | Irwin | 7.3 mi | 32 acres |
| Sumner Lake | Irwin | 8.1 mi | 58 acres |
| Weaver Pond | Irwin | 9.8 mi | 45 acres |
| Hogan Lake | Irwin | 11 mi | 26 acres |
| Bussell Pond | Irwin | 12 mi | 45 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 80227471). Verified October 30, 2026.