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Lakes Near Birmingham, Alabama

109 counted Alabama lakes sit within 60 miles of Birmingham - the largest is Lewis Smith Lake at 21,020.27 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lewis Smith Lake	Winston	41 mi	21,020.27 acres	-
Logan Martin Lake	St. Clair	33 mi	16,686.29 acres	-
Lay Lake	Shelby	34 mi	13,367.04 acres	-
H Neely Henry Lake	Etowah	50 mi	8,777.6 acres	-
Mitchell Lake	Coosa	49 mi	5,400.24 acres	-
Lake Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa	45 mi	5,075.54 acres	-
Bankhead Lake	Jefferson	28 mi	4,113.55 acres	-
Holt Lake	Tuscaloosa	37 mi	3,151.83 acres	-
Inland Lake	Blount	28 mi	1,389.72 acres	-
The Narrows	Shelby	10 mi	961.98 acres	-
William Bacon Oliver Lake	Tuscaloosa	46 mi	662.92 acres	-
Lake Catoma	Cullman	48 mi	527.32 acres	-
Bayview Lake	Jefferson	10 mi	412.42 acres	-
Lake Nicol	Tuscaloosa	42 mi	311.35 acres	-
Highland Lake	Blount	33 mi	235.49 acres	-
Lake Lurleen	Tuscaloosa	53 mi	227.58 acres	-
Wehapa Lake	Shelby	14 mi	197.19 acres	-
Rattlesnake Lake	Walker	23 mi	183.85 acres	-
Zamora Lake	Jefferson	20 mi	169.51 acres	-
Pinedale Lake	St. Clair	36 mi	161.36 acres	-
Coldwater Pond	Tuscaloosa	57 mi	160.12 acres	-
George Lake	Cullman	49 mi	159.14 acres	-
Walker County Lake	Walker	31 mi	149.75 acres	-
Lake Harris	Tuscaloosa	43 mi	138.87 acres	-
Tallaseehatchee Watershed Number 1	Talladega	42 mi	135.91 acres	-
Chandler Mountain Lake	St. Clair	44 mi	131.95 acres	-
McCay Lake	Blount	23 mi	125.53 acres	-
Forest Ingram Lake	Cullman	44 mi	112.43 acres	-
Payne Lake	Hale	57 mi	111.44 acres	-
Ski Lake	Tuscaloosa	25 mi	106.75 acres	-
Jordan Lake	Coosa	60 mi	103.54 acres	-
Mountain Lake	Jefferson	21 mi	100.32 acres	-
Lunker Lake	Shelby	12 mi	90.69 acres	-
West Jefferson Reservoir	Jefferson	18 mi	88.14 acres	-
Heather Lake	Shelby	9 mi	87.48 acres	-
Indian Valley Lake	Shelby	10 mi	81.79 acres	-
Snag Lake	Tuscaloosa	59 mi	81.3 acres	-
Mimosa Lake	Tuscaloosa	51 mi	80.06 acres	-
Oak Mountain Lake	Shelby	12 mi	76.11 acres	-
Bugs Lake	Fayette	51 mi	72.59 acres	-
Aurora Lake	Etowah	55 mi	72.53 acres	-
Bounds Lake	Shelby	21 mi	72.4 acres	-
Caudles Lake	Talladega	34 mi	68.7 acres	-
Cypress Pond	Tuscaloosa	57 mi	67.71 acres	-
Osborne Lake	Blount	43 mi	67.46 acres	-
Crystal Lake	Bibb	40 mi	65.73 acres	-
Goose Pond	Tuscaloosa	55 mi	63.75 acres	-
Sewage Lagoon South	Tuscaloosa	51 mi	61.78 acres	-
Double Oak Lake	Shelby	14 mi	61.04 acres	-
Brooks Lake	Talladega	42 mi	60.05 acres	-
Quickhaven Lake	Jefferson	20 mi	58.32 acres	-
Fayette County Lake	Fayette	55 mi	58.07 acres	-
Doctor Jenkins Lake	Blount	46 mi	57.58 acres	-
Finks Lake	Calhoun	57 mi	57.33 acres	-
Northwood Lake	Tuscaloosa	49 mi	57.08 acres	-
Great Pine Lake	Shelby	13 mi	56.09 acres	-
Etowah Conservation Lake	Etowah	44 mi	55.6 acres	-
Echo Lake	Jefferson	21 mi	52.88 acres	-
Lake Warner	Tuscaloosa	56 mi	48.43 acres	-
Lake Sumatanga	St. Clair	43 mi	48.19 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 109 counted lakes within 60 miles of Birmingham.

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.