AlabamaReservoirElmore County

Lake Jordan

Lake Jordan is a reservoir of some 6,800 acres on the oceans =, in Alabama. It lies in Elmore County. It is managed by Alabama Power Company.

Photo: Mike Cline · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

CountiesElmore County

Coordinates32.6190, -86.2574

Surface area6,800 acres

Riveroceans =

Completed1928

Managed byAlabama Power Company

Swimming beaches on Lake Jordan

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 Jordan on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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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

What to know before you go to Lake Jordan

Lake Jordan sits at 32.6190, -86.2574. It was completed in 1928. The oceans = carries the outflow.

Where there is no marked beach, entry is usually from a boat ramp or an unimproved bank. No agency lists a named swimming spot at Lake Jordan. Shoreline access here is likely informal.

Nobody publishes a continuous level for Lake Jordan in a form this guide can read, so the page carries access and weather instead. Local marinas and park offices usually know the current state of the water better than any feed.

Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. Water quality is monitored unevenly on inland lakes, so posted notices are the most reliable guide.

If Lake Jordan is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Thurlow Lake (Alabama, 22 mi), Lake Martin (Alabama, 23 mi) and Lake Mitchell (Alabama, 24 mi). Alabama has 24 lakes on this site in total.