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Badin Lake is one of a series of lakes created by the daming of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River in the Uwharrie Lakes Region of the United States. It was created in 1917 by the Aluminum Company of America. It is contained by Narrows Dam at the town of Badin, North Carolina. Sitting within a valley, the lake is a very deep, with a maximum depth of 190 ft (58 m). The lake occupies 5,350 acres (22 km²) and has 115 mi (185 km) of shoreline. It's waters have an average summer temperature of 84.4 °F (29.1 °C) and an average winter temperature of 50.6 °F (10.3 °C). No bridges or ferries cross Badin Lake, and it is overshadowed by Morrow Mountain State Park. The lake lies within Stanly and Montgomery counties. Much of the lake's eastern shoreline lies within the Uwharrie National Forest.
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