
Lake Martin
- Area
- 140 km²
- Max depth
- 46 m
- Tonight
- 52°FClear · Wind 5 mph E
Lake Martin is a lake at 147 m above sea level in Alabama, United States, 140 km² in area and 28.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 147 m
- Length
- 28.5 km
- Shoreline
- 962.2 km
Lake Martin in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 962.2 km
Lake Martin 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km
Lake Martin 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.
Lake Martin elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Martin weather
Tonight · Clear · 52°F (11°C) · Wind 5 mph E
Lake Martin forecast for about 149 m.
- Tonight52°–5 mph E
- Sat54°73°–5–10 mph NE
- Sun54°72°–10 mph NE
- Mon50°74°–5–10 mph NE
- Tue52°75°–5 mph NE
- Wed52°74°1%5 mph E
- Thu53°77°1%5 mph E
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:06 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Martin
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Martin, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.8 km S
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.1% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 154 m low point 105 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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 1,177 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Longleaf pine53
- Mountain laurel36
- Common bracken34
- Peach-Colored Fly Agaric34
- Christmas fern29
- Sourwood29
Where Lake Martin sits
- Region
- Alabama6United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Cheaha MountainPeak · 736 m↑81 km N
Walter F. George Lake↑129 km SE
Weiss Lake↑162 km N
Lewis Smith Lake↑173 km NW
Guntersville Lake↑190 km NNW
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Lake Martin 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 2026-09-17)
- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)