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Lake Guntersville State Park is a public recreation area located on the far north side of the city of Guntersville in Marshall County, Alabama. The state park occupies 5,909 acres (2,391 ha) on the eastern shore of Guntersville Lake , a 69,000-acre (28,000 ha) impoundment of the Tennessee River .
The lake stretches 75 miles (121 km) from Guntersville Dam to Nickajack Dam. It is Alabama's largest lake at 69,100 acres (279.6 km 2). [1] It is separated by the Guntersville Dam from Wheeler Lake, which at 68,300 acres (276.4 km 2) is Alabama's second largest lake. Both lakes are part of the Tennessee River.
Georgia Mountain is a community and small plateau in Marshall County, Alabama, east of Brindlee Mountain. [1] Located some 6–7 miles northwest of Guntersville with scenic bluffs overlooking much of Guntersville Lake and the dam, wooded areas and open fields. The community contains 3 churches, 3 cemeteries, fire house, community center, horse ...
State Route 62 (SR 62), also known as Monsanto Road, is a 2.443-mile-long (3.932 km) state highway near Guntersville in Marshall County. The highway heads east from lakeside homes and marinas along Lake Guntersville to SR 227 near Guntersville. SR 62 previously provided access to a (now abandoned) Monsanto plant, for which it was built and named.
Guntersville (previously known as Gunter's Ferry and later Gunter's Landing) is a city and the county seat of Marshall County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census , the population of the city was 8,553. [ 5 ]
The opening of Guntersville Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1939 turned Guntersville into a peninsula, and created tourism and recreation opportunities on the new lake. Many commercial buildings were constructed after World War II until 1964, in contrast to many small-town downtown areas.
Guntersville: 64.279: 103.447: US 431 south – Albertville, Gadsden: Southern end of US 431/SR 1 concurrency: 65.359: 105.185: SR 69 south – Cullman, Arab, Tuscaloosa, Jackson: Northern terminus of SR 69: 65.727: 105.777: SR 227 north – Lake Guntersville State Park, Bucks Pocket State Park: Southern terminus of SR 227 71.651: 115.311
Marshall County is a county of the state of Alabama, United States.As of the 2020 census the population was 97,612. [1] Its county seat is Guntersville. [2] A second courthouse is in Albertville.