Wheeler Lake is located in the northern part of the state of

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in the

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, between Rogersville and

Huntsville Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in th ...

. Created by

Wheeler Dam Wheeler Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Lawrence County in Alabama. It is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the mid-1930s as ...

along the

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, it stretches from Wheeler Dam to

Guntersville Dam Guntersville Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Marshall County, in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is one of nine dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as pa ...

. It is Alabama's second largest lake at , and only a few hundred acres smaller than the largest lake in Alabama,

Guntersville Lake Guntersville Lake (generally referred to locally as Lake Guntersville) is in northern Alabama between Bridgeport and Guntersville. Location The lake stretches 75 miles (121 km) from Guntersville Dam to Nickajack Dam. It is Alabama's larges ...

, which is and is separated by the Guntersville dam from the lake. Decatur operates the busiest port along the Tennessee River on this lake,

Port of Decatur The Port of Decatur is a transshipment port on the Tennessee River, in the city of Decatur, Alabama, United States of America. The port was founded in 1971. Port facilities Port facilities include Intermodal freight transport, intermodal tran ...

. Wheeler Lake is a major recreation and tourist center, attracting about four million visits a year. Along with camping, boating, and fishing, visitors enjoy the

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a 35,000 acre (142 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama. Named after Major General Joseph Wheeler, it was established to provide a habitat for wintering ...

several miles upstream from the dam. The lake and dam are named for General Joseph "Joe" Wheeler.

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Fishing Wheeler Lake
Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, striped bass and crappie. Reservoirs in Alabama Tennessee River Decatur, Alabama Bodies of water of Morgan County, Alabama Bodies of water of Limestone County, Alabama Bodies of water of Lawrence County, Alabama Bodies of water of Lauderdale County, Alabama Tennessee Valley Authority Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area Landmarks in Alabama {{LimestoneCountyAL-geo-stub

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