Lakes / Georgia / Telfair County / Varnadoe Lake
Varnadoe Lake, Georgia
40 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
31.87 degrees N, 82.85 degrees W - Telfair 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 Varnadoe Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 47% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- About 81 miles from Macon, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush Lake | Coffee | 9.0 mi | 59 acres |
| Cleggs Lake | Wheeler | 13 mi | 37 acres |
| Flanders Lake | Wheeler | 14 mi | 28 acres |
| Little Ocmulgee Lake | Telfair | 16 mi | 238 acres |
| Dorminy Lake | Ben Hill | 17 mi | 26 acres |
| Jowers Lake North | Irwin | 20 mi | 26 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 80223815). Verified October 30, 2026.