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 is contained by Narrows Dam at the town of Badin, North Carolina. Sitting within a valley, the lake is a very deep, being over 200 feet deep in places near the dam. No bridges or ferries cross Badin Lake, and it is overshadowed by Morrow Mountain State Park. The lake lies within Stanly County and Montgomery County, North Carolina.

The Uwharrie Lakes Region of North Carolina in the United States refers to the lakes created by the daming of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River along the western slopes of the ancient Uwharrie Mountains. The region consists of High Rock Lake in the north, followed by Tuckertown Reservoir, Badin Lake, Lake Tillery, and finally Blewitt Falls Lake in the south. The region is bordered by the Uwharrie National Forest in the east and lies within Stanly County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Anson County, NC, and Richmond County, NC.