CountiesMarshall County
AlabamaReservoirMarshall County
Lake Guntersville
Lake Guntersville is a 67,900-acre reservoir on the Wheeler Lake in Alabama. You will find it in Marshall County. TVA manages it.
Coordinates34.4231, -86.3922
Surface area67,900 acres
RiverWheeler Lake
Managed byTVA
Swimming beaches on Lake Guntersville
No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.
Lake Guntersville on the map
Lake center, swimming spots and access points.
Weather and water temperature
Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.
Weather data by Open-Meteo
Swimming at Lake Guntersville
The center of the lake is at 34.4231, -86.3922. Releases go downstream into the Wheeler Lake.
If Lake Guntersville is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Neely Henry Lake (Alabama, 44 mi), Weiss Lake (Alabama, 46 mi) and Lewis Smith Lake (Alabama, 53 mi). In all, 24 lakes in Alabama are covered here.
Absence from these datasets does not mean the water is closed, only that no agency lists a beach. No named swimming beach is mapped at Lake Guntersville in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Access is through whatever the operating agency provides on the ground, so check with them first.
Where an agency publishes a figure, we show it with the time it was taken; here there is none. No public gauge reports the water level at Lake Guntersville, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured.
Inland lakes are not monitored the way ocean beaches are, so posted signs matter more here. Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read. Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring.
Questions about Lake Guntersville
Is there a beach at Lake Guntersville?
No named swimming beach appears in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Check the operating agency for day-use areas on the ground.
How big is Lake Guntersville?
About 67,900 acres.
What other lakes are near Lake Guntersville?
The closest in this guide is Neely Henry Lake, about 44 miles away in Alabama.
Lakes near Lake Guntersville
Other lakes in this guide, ordered by distance.
Weiss Lake
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Lewis Smith Lake
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Tims Ford Lake
Tims Ford Lake is a 10,700-acre reservoir on the Elk River in Tennessee. It lies in Franklin County. TVA manages it.
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Wheeler Lake
Wheeler Lake covers about 67,213 acres of the Wilson Lake in Alabama. You will find it in Limestone County. Management is in the…
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Logan Martin Lake
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Normandy Lake
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Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these public sources.