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795 ft (242 m) [ 2] References. [ 1][ 2] 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Smith Mountain Lake is a large reservoir in the Roanoke Region of Virginia, [ 3] United States, located southeast of the City of Roanoke and southwest of Lynchburg. The lake was created in 1963 by the Smith Mountain Dam impounding the Roanoke River.
560 MW (750,000 hp) Smith Mountain Dam is a concrete arch dam located on the Roanoke River in Virginia, creating Smith Mountain Lake. The dam was built by Appalachian Power (a division of American Electric Power) between 1960 and 1963 for the purposes of pumped-storage hydroelectricity. The dam created Smith Mountain Lake as its reservoir ...
50 acres (20 ha) Max. depth. 110 ft (33.5 m) Surface elevation. 3,875 ft (1,181 m) Mountain Lake is a freshwater lake located in Giles County near Newport, Virginia in the United States. Along with Lake Drummond in the Great Dismal Swamp, it is one of only two natural lakes in Virginia.
It is located southeast of Roanoke, and southwest of Lynchburg . Smaller and lower than Smith Mountain Lake, Leesville Lake covers 3,270 acres (13.2 km 2) and contains 94,900 acre-feet (117,100,000 m 3) of water at full pond. The lake is 17 miles (27 km) long with around 110 miles (180 km) of shoreline. The reservoir lies in a broad valley ...
On the morning of August 26, 2015, news reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, both employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, were fatally shot while conducting a live television interview near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta. They were interviewing Vicki Gardner, executive director of the local chamber ...
ZIP Code. 24101 [ 1] Area code (s) 540 and 826. GNIS feature ID. 1477396 [ 2] Hardy is an unincorporated community in southwestern Bedford County and northeastern Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The community lies along State Route 634 and is approximately nine miles southeast of Roanoke .
April 10, 2007. Designated VLR. June 8, 2006 [ 3] Fairy Stone State Park, located in Patrick County, Virginia, is the largest of the original six state parks that opened on June 15, 1936, and is home to the mysterious "fairy stones", or staurolite. The stone, prevalent in the region, may have the St. Andrew's or Roman shape. [ 4][ 5]
Smith Mountain (Blue Ridge Mountains) Coordinates: Smith Mountain is a mountain summit located in Bedford County, Virginia and Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [1] Part of the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is home to the Smith Mountain Dam. [2]