Largest lakes & reservoirs in Metropolitan Region, AL by shoreline length
The length of the exterior shoreline around a lake is measured at the lake’s normal elevation. The shoreline length can be considerably shorter or longer when lake water levels are lower or higher than normal. A lake with many coves has a much longer shoreline than a lake of similar surface area that is nearly circular in shape.When known, the shoreline miles that we report in our statistics include only the lake’s exterior shoreline, and exclude the shorelines of islands located within a lake’s boundaries. In lakes with many islands, those islands’ combined shorelines may exceed a lake’s exterior shoreline.
You can find many of the world’s longest-shoreline lakes on LakeLubbers. Note: For some lakes, "Longest Shorelines" data is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 16 articles we have published for Metropolitan Region, AL lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Alabama > Metropolitan Region, AL > Compared by longest shoreline length in miles. This list does not represent all lakes in Metropolitan Region, AL, only the 16 Metropolitan Region, AL lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Shoreline length in miles |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
147 mi | Also known as Lake Mitchell Centrally-located Mitchell Lake (also known as Lake Mitchell) is 45 miles from Montgomery and 55 miles from Birmingham in the Metropolitan region of A … |
| Holt Lake, AL (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
65 mi | Also known as Holt Reservoir Holt Lake is a 3,300-acre reservoir located about five miles northeast of the City of Tuscaloosa in west-central Alabama. Holt Lake is one of six lake … |
| Harris Lake and Lake Nicol (Alabama, Metropolitan Region, AL, US South Region, USA) |
6 mi | Also known as Lake Harris When the City of Tuscaloosa created Harris Lake and Lake Nicol for water supply, little did city officials realize that these two reservoirs would bec … |
