AlabamaReservoirElmore County

Lake Martin

Lake Martin is a reservoir of some 44,479 acres on the Tallapoosa River, in Alabama. Its shoreline falls inside Elmore County. Management is in the hands of Alabama Power Company.

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CountiesElmore County

Coordinates32.7665, -85.9011

Surface area44,479 acres

Max depth151 ft

RiverTallapoosa River

Managed byAlabama Power Company

Swimming beaches on Lake Martin

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 Martin 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

Swimming at Lake Martin

Lake Martin sits at 32.7665, -85.9011. Maximum depth is around 151 feet. Water leaves through the Tallapoosa River.

If Lake Martin is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Thurlow Lake (Alabama, 16 mi), Lake Jordan (Alabama, 23 mi) and Lake Mitchell (Alabama, 35 mi). Alabama has 24 lakes on this site in total.

Absence from these datasets does not mean the water is closed, only that no agency lists a beach. Public datasets record no beach at Lake Martin, so treat any shoreline access as unmarked and unsupervised.

There is no live level reading for Lake Martin. The agencies that run this water do not publish one openly, and we do not estimate what has not been measured. For a lake this size, the park office is the fastest way to learn how the water sits today.

Most Alabama day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Check the operating agency for advisories before any water contact, especially for blue-green algae in late summer. No public sensor reports water temperature at Lake Martin, so the panel shows air temperature and wind.