Lakes / Georgia / Barrow County / Watershed Lake
Watershed Lake, Georgia
44 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Georgia
33.96 degrees N, 83.62 degrees W - Barrow 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 Watershed Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 52% of the 728 lakes counted in Georgia.
- The largest lake in Barrow County among those counted.
- About 15 miles from Athens, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Oconee | Oconee | 6.2 mi | 39 acres |
| Winder Reservoir | Barrow | 8.1 mi | 25 acres |
| Crows Lake | Jackson | 10 mi | 28 acres |
| Bucaneer Lake | Walton | 11 mi | 34 acres |
| Jefferson City Lake | Jackson | 12 mi | 33 acres |
| Sewage Treatment Pond Number Two | Walton | 14 mi | 30 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 52035263). Verified October 30, 2026.