Largest lakes & reservoirs in Alabama by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 32 articles we have published for Alabama lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Alabama > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Alabama, only the 32 Alabama lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Surface area in acres | Lake description |
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Holt Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
3,296 ac | Also known as Holt Reservoir Holt Lake is a 3,300-acre reservoir located about five miles northeast of the City of Tuscaloosa in west-central Alabama. Holt Lake is one of six lake … |
Gantt Lake, AL (Alabama, River Heritage Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
2,747 ac | Also known as Gantt Reservoir Gantt Lake’s location in Alabama’s coastal plain gives it an advantage of long summers, humid and warm, and winter temperatures that remain mild. The … |
Lake Oliver, AL/GA (Alabama, Georgia, Presidential Pathways Region, GA, River Heritage Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
2,150 ac | Located in west central Georgia in the Presidential Pathways region, Lake Oliver is a 2,150-acre lake that has one shoreline in Georgia and the other … |
Upper Bear Creek Reservoir, AL (Alabama, Mountains Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
1,850 ac | Also known as Upper Bear Reservoir Tucked away in the Mountains Region of northern Alabama, Upper Bear Creek Reservoir awaits visitors with trophy sized bass fishing, boating, swimming, … |
Little Bear Creek Reservoir, AL (Alabama, Mountains Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
1,560 ac | Also known as Little Bear Reservoir Little Bear Creek Reservoir, located 13 miles southwest of Russellville in Franklin County in the Mountains Region of northwestern Alabama, is a 1,560 … |
Oliver Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
790 ac | Also known as William Bacon Oliver Lake Oliver Lake is the smallest of six lakes formed by a series of locks and dams on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa in west central (Metropolitan … |
Lake Catoma, AL (Alabama, Mountains Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
536 ac | Also known as Catoma Reservoir Lake Catoma, also known as the Catoma Reservoir, is nestled within the Alabama Mountains tourism region. It boasts a surface area of 536 acres and a n … |
Harris Lake and Lake Nicol (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
220 ac | Also known as Lake Harris When the City of Tuscaloosa created Harris Lake and Lake Nicol for water supply, little did city officials realize that these two reservoirs would bec … |