Cahaba Lake

Cahaba Lake is a lake in Jefferson, Alabama. Cahaba Lake is situated nearby to the neighborhood Laurel Estates, as well as near Altadena Woods.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aldridge Botanical Gardens.

Aldridge Botanical Gardens

Park

Photo: Joshua Crauswell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aldridge Gardens is a 30-acre lake with walking trails. Public lectures and educational activities are scheduled throughout the year. Aldridge Botanical Gardens is situated 2½ miles southwest of Cahaba Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inverness and Hoover.

Inverness

Hamlet

Photo: halytech, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Inverness is a former census-designated place and now neighborhood within Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It derives from a Scottish city of the same name. Inverness is situated 3 miles east of Cahaba Lake.

Hoover

Hoover is a city in the Birmingham urban area in Metropolitan Alabama, south of central Birmingham. While most nearby attractions in the area are in the city of Birmingham, Hoover is an important shopping/retail area.

Vestavia Hills

Town

Photo: Stphelan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vestavia Hills, colloquially known simply as Vestavia, is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties, Alabama, United States. The population was 39,102 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 38,306 in 2025, making it is the third-largest city in Jefferson County, after Birmingham and Hoover, and making it is the fourteenth-largest city in Alabama. Vestavia Hills is situated 3½ miles northwest of Cahaba Lake.

Cahaba Lake

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.40727° or 33° 24′ 26″ north

Longitude

-86.76056° or 86° 45′ 38″ west

Elevation

443 feet (135 metres)

Open location code

865MC64Q+WQ

GeoNames ID

4052969

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Laurel Estates and Altadena Woods.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cahaba Lake Dam and Children’s Hospital of Alabama South.

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