Thursday, February 23, 2012

Southeast

Kerr Lake, North Carolina (Bugg’s Island, Virginia)

Kerr Lake, North Carolina (Bugg’s Island, Virginia)

Kerr Lake in North Carolina, also known as Bugg’s Island in Virginia, is a large 50,0000 acre reservoir with over 850 miles of shoreline located along the border of North Carolina and Virginia. The lake is located in... Read more


Norris Lake, Tennessee

Norris Lake, Tennessee

Norris Lake is a reservoir created in 1936. This was the first dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Norris Lake is used to produce electricity and also serves as the largest flood control storage of any TVA dam. Rebecca... Read more


Douglas Lake, Tennessee

Douglas Lake, Tennessee

Douglas Lake is a reservoir created by damming the French Broad River in Eastern Tennessee in 1943. Located just a few miles from the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area, the 30,400 acre lake borders Jefferson, Sevier, Hamblen,... Read more


Fort Loudon Lake, Tennessee

Fort Loudon Lake, Tennessee

Fort Loudon Lake is a 14,600 acre reservoir lake with 360 miles of shoreline on the Upper Tennessee River. The lake is formed by the Holston, French Broad and Little Tennessee rivers and it’s is derived from Fort Loudon... Read more


Cherokee Lake, Tennessee

Cherokee Lake, Tennessee

Cherokee Lake is a large reservoir lake in Tennessee created by the construction of the Cherokee Dam. The lake covers about 30,300 acres and has 463 miles of shoreline. In a normal year water levels can vary by about 27 feet. Rebecca... Read more


Watts Bar Lake, Tennessee

Watts Bar Lake, Tennessee

Watts Bar Lake is a large 39,000 acre reservoir lake located in the heart of the Tennessee River Valley. The lake has over 780 miles of shoreline and spans across four counties: Roane, Meigs, Rhea and Loudon counties near... Read more


Rough River Lake, Kentucky

Rough River Lake, Kentucky

Rough River Lake is a 5,100 acre reservoir and recreation lake located in Breckinridge, Grayson, and Hardin counties in Kentucky.The lake was formed by damming the Rough River in 1959 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.... Read more


Nolin Lake, Kentucky

Nolin Lake, Kentucky

Nolin Lake is a popular 5,795 acre recreational lake located in Bee Spring, Kentucky. The lake was originally built for flood control but has also become a recreational destination for vacationers, retirees, and second homeowners. Nolin... Read more


Smith Mountain Lake

Smith Mountain Lake

Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia is a large lake which works in conjunction with Leesville Lake to produce hydroelectric power. The lake is located southeast of Roanoke, Virginia and southwest of Lynchburg, Virginia. Annette... Read more


Leesville Lake, Virginia

Leesville Lake, Virginia

Leesville Lake is 3,270 acre lake in Virginia southeast of Roanoke and southwest of Lynchburg. The lake is used to generate hydroelectric power and works in partnership with Smith Mountain Lake. Annette Thornhill –... Read more


Lake George, Florida

Lake George, Florida

Lake George is a large shallow freshwater lake which is six miles wide and eleven miles long with an average depth of eight feet. Lake George covers over 46,000 acres making it the second largest lake in all of Florida. Nancy... Read more


Roanoke Rapids Lake, North Carolina

Roanoke Rapids Lake, North Carolina

Roanoke Rapids Lake is located just outside of Roanoke Rapids in North Carolina. The lake was formed when the Roanoke River was impounded 9 miles downstream from Lake Gaston to form the hydroelectric reservoir. Sherry... Read more


Lake Gaston, North Carolina / Virginia

Lake Gaston, North Carolina / Virginia

Lake Gaston is located on the border of North Carolina (Halifax, Northampton, and Warren Counties) and Virginia (Brunswick and Mecklenburg counties). The lake is approximately 35 miles long and totals more than 20,000 acres.... Read more


Lake Keowee, South Carolina

Lake Keowee, South Carolina

Lake Keowee was built by Duke Power Company by damming the Keowee River with the Keowee Dam and the Little River with the Little River Dam. The two rivers merge just beneath the dams and forms the Seneca River, which leads... Read more


Clarks Hill Lake, Georgia (Strom Thurmond Lake, SC)

Clarks Hill Lake, Georgia (Strom Thurmond Lake, SC)

Clarks Hill Lake (also known as Strom Thurmond Lake in South Carolina) borders both South Carolina and Georgia in the Savannah River Basin. This man-made reservoir extends 39 miles up the Savannah River, 26 miles up the Little... Read more


Lewis Smith Lake, Alabama

Lewis Smith Lake, Alabama

Lewis Smith Lake (also known as Smith Lake) is one of Alabama’s premier recreational spots. Smith Lake is a 21,200 acre lake that located in Walker, Winston and Cullman counties about one hour north of Birmingham. It’s... Read more