Lake Martin Magazine

In 1947, Birmingham residents Charles Herren and his wife, Mildred, built a small cabin in the Blue Creek area of Lake Martin.

Lake Martin. Through the eyes of a child, it means fun summer days spent exploring, fishing with grandpa, or taking that first big boat ride. For a teenager, it’s waterlogged weekend trips “catching rays” at Chimney Rock. For adults, it’s a temporary refuge from the stress of the “real world.” For the retired couple, it’s a place to finally relax.

Bright red bunches of flowers are hard to miss against the brown leaf litter of the early spring forest floor. And it’s those flower clusters, sometimes called “firecrackers” because the rows of long, tubular flowers look vaguely like something you might light on Independence Day, that are the trademark of the red buckeye blooming in Lake Martin’s forests right now.

Roadside litter can be an unsightly companion to the pristine shores of Lake Martin, but several local neighborhoods are doing their part to solve that problem.

Sawyer Davis, Larry Bain and Justin Falkner use only their feet to ski on Lake Martin.

Russell Lands holds its annual Hula Hoop Contest during its Fourth of July Blast and fireworks show.

AquaPalooza 2010 was held Saturday, July 24, in the Kowaliga Basin of Lake Martin. Crowds have been estimated at 15,000. For hundreds more photos of the event, CLICK HERE.

Lake Martin says “Aloha” to stand up paddle boarding, a fast-growing sport that is steeped in Hawaiian tradition