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Aerial view of lower Lake Harding and Bartletts Ferry Dam on the Chattahoochee River

Fishing Near Opelika, Alabama

1 lake nearest Opelika, drawn from the Atlas lake directory.

Photo: USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) · Public domain (U.S. government work)

Lake Harding

A 5,860-acre Georgia Power lake on the Chattahoochee River, right on the Alabama-Georgia line east of Opelika. Lightly fished next to West Point and Eufaula, and an Alabama license covers the whole lake.

5,860 acres (ADCNR); Georgia DNR lists 5,850Max depth 111 feet (Wikipedia; not confirmed by either state agency)
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Lakes near Opelika
Map of Alabama showing Lake HardingAutauga CountyBaldwin CountyBarbour CountyBibb CountyBlount CountyBullock CountyButler CountyCalhoun CountyChambers CountyCherokee CountyChilton CountyChoctaw CountyClarke CountyClay CountyCleburne CountyCoffee CountyColbert CountyConecuh CountyCoosa CountyCovington CountyCrenshaw CountyCullman CountyDale CountyDallas CountyDeKalb CountyElmore CountyEscambia CountyEtowah CountyFayette CountyFranklin CountyGeneva CountyGreene CountyHale CountyHenry CountyHouston CountyJackson CountyJefferson CountyLamar CountyLauderdale CountyLawrence CountyLee CountyLimestone CountyLowndes CountyMacon CountyMadison CountyMarengo CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMobile CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyMorgan CountyPerry CountyPickens CountyPike CountyRandolph CountyRussell CountyShelby CountySt. Clair CountySumter CountyTalladega CountyTallapoosa CountyTuscaloosa CountyWalker CountyWashington CountyWilcox CountyWinston CountyLake HardingLake Harding
County lines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundaries (2023). Lake positions: Atlas lake records.