Guntersville Lake
- Area
- 233 km²
- Tonight
- 50°FClear · Wind 5 mph ESE
Guntersville Lake is a lake at 181 m above sea level in Alabama, United States, 233 km² in area and 108.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 181 m
- Length
- 108.3 km
- Shoreline
- 815.4 km
Guntersville Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 815.4 km
Guntersville Lake 3D map
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Guntersville Lake terrain and contours
10 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Guntersville Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Guntersville Lake weather
Tonight · Clear · 50°F (10°C) · Wind 5 mph ESE
Guntersville Lake forecast for about 313 m.
- Tonight50°–5 mph ESE
- Sat49°71°–0–5 mph ESE
- Sun47°70°–5 mph E
- Mon48°71°–0–5 mph ENE
- Tue49°73°–0 mph
- Wed48°72°1%0–5 mph SE
- Thu49°74°1%0–5 mph ESE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 02:50 UTC.
Camping & parking near Guntersville Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Guntersville Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.2 km WSW
Nearest campsite
5.6 km ENE
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.2 km WSW |
| Parking | 0.4 km W |
| Parking | 0.6 km W |
| Campsite | 5.6 km ENE |
| Georgia Mountain RV ResortCampsite | 7.1 km S |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 83% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.2% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 240 m low point 149 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 10 km of Guntersville Lake.
Summit list 5
- 1Cave Mountain233 m 1.1 km WSW
- 2Snow Point305 m 3.7 km SW
- 3Bishop Mountain345 m 4.5 km NNE
- 4Georgia Mountain343 m 5.2 km S
- 5Haney Mountain307 m 5.3 km W
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 994 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Green Treefrog54
- Green Anole52
- Ringed Paper Wasp50
- Great Blue Heron37
- Common Loon29
- Bald Eagle29
Where Guntersville Lake sits
- Region
- Alabama6United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Guntersville Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-05)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)