Lake Alto: depth, boat ramps and water quality
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Alto Park, 2 lanes, concrete.
The lake
Lake Alto covers 554 acres in Florida, across Alachua County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 17 feet (5.2 m). Our records hold 18 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 17 ft (5.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 29 depth contour lines for this water.
- 1–3 ft: 1.2% of the water
- 3–5 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 5–7 ft: 7.3% of the water
- 7–9 ft: 8.1% of the water
- 9–11 ft: 10.2% of the water
- 11–12 ft: 6.3% of the water
- 12–13 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 13–14 ft: 8.4% of the water
- 14–15 ft: 9.9% of the water
- 15–16 ft: 12.9% of the water
- 16–17 ft: 23.2% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 3–4.5 feet on our readings, averaging 3.6 feet, from 238 readings. Our water temperature readings average 77°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6.2. These readings span 2018–2025.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 fishing pier.
- Lake Alto Park — 2 lanes, concrete, parking for 108 trailers (paved), no fee, flush restrooms, dock, wheelchair access. Waldo, Alachua County. 17800 NE 134th Place, Waldo 32694 · website alachuacounty.us/Depts/pcl/Pages/Details.aspx?park=Lake%20Alto
- Waldo Canal Park — 1 lane, concrete, parking for 5 trailers (soft unpaved), open around the clock. Waldo, City of Waldo. 400 Canal Street/149th Lane, Waldo 32694 · phone (352) 468-1001 · website waldo-fl.com
Fishing piers
- Lake Alto Preserve — no fee, daylight hours. Waldo, Alachua County. 14512 CR-1471, Waldo 32694
Only one of the 3 places listed has both a fee and opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
What is hard here
Only 2 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish. Alligators live in Florida fresh water. Keep clear of the bank edge at dawn and dusk, and keep pets away from it.
Where this data comes from
- Florida FWC — FWC Florida lake bathymetry: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
