Leesville Lake
Reservoir in and Campbell counties, Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leesville Lake is a reservoir in Virginia used for hydroelectric power generation in conjunction with Smith Mountain Lake as a pump storage project. It is located southeast of Roanoke, and southwest of Lynchburg.
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Leesville Lake | |
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Location | Pittsylvania, Bedford, and Campbell counties, Virginia |
Coordinates | 37°05′34″N 079°24′06″W |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Smith Mountain Lake, Roanoke River |
Primary outflows | Roanoke River |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 17 mi (27 km) |
Max. width | 1,600 ft (490 m) |
Surface area | 3,270 acres (13.2 km2) |
Max. depth | 75 ft (23 m) |
Shore length1 | 110 mi (180 km) |
Surface elevation | 600–613 ft (183–187 m) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Smaller and lower than Smith Mountain Lake, Leesville Lake covers 3,270 acres (13.2 km2) and contains 94,900 acre-feet (117,100,000 m3) 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 nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of rural southwestern Virginia of the Appalachian chain. Before the lake's creation, farming and logging were the primary industries.