MississippiReservoirColbert County
Photo: George Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
CountiesColbert County
Coordinates35.0403, -88.1934
Surface area42,996 acres
Max depth59 ft
RiverTennessee River, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Managed byTVA

Swimming beaches on Pickwick Lake

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.

Pickwick Lake 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

Pickwick Lake: access and conditions

The center of the lake is at 35.0403, -88.1934. Maximum depth is around 59 feet. Outflow feeds the Tennessee River, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.

No public gauge reports the water level at Pickwick Lake, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured. If the operating agency starts publishing a level for this lake, it will appear here.

Inland lakes are not monitored the way ocean beaches are, so posted signs matter more here. 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.

The closest lakes in this guide are Bay Springs Lake (Mississippi, 33 mi), Cedar Creek Lake (Alabama, 38 mi) and Bear Creek Lake (Alabama, 47 mi). Mississippi has 11 lakes on this site in total.

The federal and state datasets behind this guide list no named beach at Pickwick Lake. That does not mean there is no access, only that none is catalogued. Absence from these datasets does not mean the water is closed, only that no agency lists a beach.

Questions about Pickwick Lake

Is there a beach at Pickwick Lake?

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 Pickwick Lake?

About 42,996 acres. Maximum depth is around 59 feet.

What other lakes are near Pickwick Lake?

The closest in this guide is Bay Springs Lake, about 33 miles away in Mississippi.

Lakes near Pickwick Lake

Other lakes in this guide, ordered by distance.

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