2011 Map of Payne Lake

About this map

Payne Lake serves as a central landmark in this 2011 topographic study of the Bibb County landscape, its waters contained by the Payne Lake Dam and surrounded by numerous forest-rimmed facilities including the Payne Lake Westside Campground and Spillway Campground. The area's human history is marked by several isolated burial grounds such as Grimes Cemetery and Pine Flat Cemetery, indicating the dispersed nature of local settlements. To the east, the community of Mertz sits at the junction of local roads, while hunters and outdoorsmen are served by outposts like South Sandy Hunter Camp and Camp Hugh. The terrain is defined by a dense network of forest roads and winding waterways, including Troublesome Branch and Elliotts Creek, which carve through the wooded hillsides near Low Gap.