Alabama Lakes by Region

Alabama : Gulf Coast (1)

• Big Creek Lake

Alabama : Metropolitan (16)

• Aliceville Lake
• Lake Wedowee
• Bankhead Lake
• Lay Lake
• Gainesville Lake
• Logan Martin Lake
• Harris Lake and Lake Nicol
• Mitchell Lake
• Holt Lake
• Neely Henry Lake
• Lake Jordan
• Oliver Lake
• Lake Martin
• Warrior Lake
• Lake Tuscaloosa
• West Point Lake

Alabama : Mountains (10)

• Cedar Creek Reservoir
• Pickwick Lake
• Lake Catoma
• Upper Bear Creek Reservoir
• Lake Guntersville
• Weiss Lake
• Lewis Smith Lake
• Wheeler Lake
• Little Bear Creek Reservoir
• Wilson Lake

Alabama : River Heritage (5)

• Gantt Lake
• Walter F. George Lake
• Lake Harding
• William 'Bill' Dannelly Reservoir
• Lake Oliver

Lay Lake

Alabama Lakes A-Z

• Aliceville Lake
• Lake Jordan
• Oliver Lake
• Bankhead Lake
• Lake Martin
• Pickwick Lake
• Big Creek Lake
• Lake Oliver
• Upper Bear Creek Reservoir
• Cedar Creek Reservoir
• Lake Tuscaloosa
• Walter F. George Lake
• Gainesville Lake
• Lake Wedowee
• Warrior Lake
• Gantt Lake
• Lay Lake
• Weiss Lake
• Harris Lake and Lake Nicol
• Lewis Smith Lake
• West Point Lake
• Holt Lake
• Little Bear Creek Reservoir
• Wheeler Lake
• Lake Catoma
• Logan Martin Lake
• William 'Bill' Dannelly Reservoir
• Lake Guntersville
• Mitchell Lake
• Wilson Lake
• Lake Harding
• Neely Henry Lake

Lakes in AL

Lake Name	Lake Summary
Aliceville Lake	Also known as: Pickensville Lake Aliceville Lake, known to fishing locals as Pickensville Lake, is one of 10 lakes on the 234-mile man-made Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The Tenn-Tom, ...
Bankhead Lake	Much more like the river it began as than the lake it is now, Bankhead Lake winds it way through the Metropolitan region of Alabama. With twists and turns ...
Big Creek Lake	Also known as: Big Creek Reservoir, J.B. Converse Reservoir Big Creek Lake, located in southwestern Alabama in Mobile County, is a storage reservoir that provides drinking water to thousands of people in the near-sprawling ...
Cedar Creek Reservoir	The four reservoirs of the Bear Creek watershed are a recreational paradise for water lovers, and Cedar Creek Reservoir is the largest of the four and ...
Gainesville Lake	Also known as: Gainesville Reservoir Gainesville Lake is a long riverine 40-mile lake in Alabama's bustling Metropolitan region. It is in a prime location surrounded by the wooded green ...
Gantt Lake	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 ...
Harris Lake and Lake Nicol	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 become ...
Holt Lake	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 lakes ...
Lake Catoma	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 normal ...
Lake Guntersville	Also known as: Guntersville Lake, Guntersville Reservoir Alabama's Mountain Region contains the state's largest lake: Lake Guntersville. Cradled in the Appalachian foothills of northern Alabama, it's located ...
Lake Harding	Also known as: Bartlett's Ferry Reservoir, Bartlett's Ferry Lake Stretching 13 miles along the border between Georgia and Alabama, Lake Harding has almost 6,000 acres of water for boating, water skiing and fishing. ...
Lake Jordan	Also known as: Jordan Lake, Jordan Reservoir Fun is the name of the game at central Alabama's Lake Jordan. Offering 6,800 acres of water and 188 miles of shoreline, Lake Jordan has become home to ...
Lake Martin	Also known as: Martin Lake Lake Martin, located in Central Alabama near Alexander City, stretches out over 44,000 acres with an incredible 750 miles of shoreline. Nestled within ...
Lake Oliver	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 ...
Lake Tuscaloosa	Located five miles north of the cities of Tuscaloosa and Northport in western Alabama (Metropolitan Region), Lake Tuscaloosa is a 5,885-acre reservoir ...
Lake Wedowee	Also known as: R. L. Harris Reservoir, Harris Lake Lake Wedowee, also known as the R. L. Harris Reservoir, is tucked in the foothills of the Talladega and Appalachian Mountains. The lake is an impoundment ...
Lay Lake	Lay Lake is an impressive 12,000-acre reservoir stretching for 48 miles through the counties of Talladega, Shelby, Coosa, and Chilton in east-central ...
Lewis Smith Lake	Also known as: Smith Lake Lewis Smith Lake is a perfect place for an outdoor adventure. Tucked into a corner of the Bankhead National Forest in northern Alabama's Mountain Region, ...
Little Bear Creek Reservoir	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-acre ...
Logan Martin Lake	Also known as: Lake Logan Martin Logan Martin Lake, located about 30 miles east of Birmingham in east central Alabama, is a 15,263-acre reservoir popular for boating, fishing, and other ...
Mitchell Lake	Also known as: Lake Mitchell Centrally-located Mitchell Lake (also known as Lake Mitchell) is 45 miles from Montgomery and 55 miles from Birmingham in the Metropolitan region of Alabama. ...
Neely Henry Lake	Also known as: Lake Neely Henry Neely Henry Lake, located about 60 miles northeast of Birmingham in north central Alabama, is an 11,200-acre reservoir popular for boating, fishing, and ...
Oliver Lake	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 ...
Pickwick Lake	Also known as: Pickwick Reservoir Pickwick Lake is a 43,100-acre reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with construction of Pickwick Landing Dam across the Tennessee ...
Upper Bear Creek Reservoir	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, ...
Walter F. George Lake	Also known as: Eufaula Lake, Walter F. George Reservoir, Lake Chattahoochee Walter F. George Lake straddles 85 miles of the Georgia/Alabama border along the Chattahoochee River. Visitors will see varying names for the lake depending ...
Warrior Lake	Also known as: Warrior Reservoir Warrior Lake is part of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Lake system located in the diverse Metropolitan Tourism Region of Alabama. Six miles southeast of ...
Weiss Lake	The self proclaimed "Crappie Capital of the World," Weiss Lake is a fantastic destination for anglers and the entire family. The lake is in Cherokee ...
West Point Lake	West Point Lake, located on the Alabama-Georgia border just north of I-85, stretches 35 miles along the Chattahoochee River. The 25,900-acre reservoir ...
Wheeler Lake	Also known as: Wheeler Reservoir Wheeler Lake in northern Alabama's Mountain Region is the state's second-largest lake at 67,100 acres. The Tennessee Valley Authority created Wheeler ...
William 'Bill' Dannelly Reservoir	Also known as: Lake Dannelly, Millers Ferry, Dannelly Reservoir, Millers Ferry Reservoir, Millers Ferry Lake Along the Alabama River in the River Heritage region of the state, visitors will find the William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir. Located an hour southwest ...
Wilson Lake	Also known as: Wilson Reservoir Once known as the "Smallmouth Capital of the World," outdoor enthusiasts enjoy Wilson Lake for its fishing, boating, hiking, and exploring the natural ...