Claytor Lake State Park has hiking trails, a freshwater swimming beach, boating and fishing opportunities, a full-service marina, visitor center, concession, lakeside cabins, camping with full hookups, interpretive programs and six rental shelters accommodating large groups. In addition to this, many housing projects have been created around the area due to the enticing lake-front properties.
^Marc C. Wagner and Jean O. McRae (April 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Haven B. Howe House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
claytor, lake, state, park, confused, with, clayton, lake, state, park, oklahoma, acre, state, park, pulaski, county, virginia, park, located, claytor, lake, acre, mile, long, reservoir, river, formed, claytor, which, used, generate, hydroelectric, power, appa. Not to be confused with Clayton Lake State Park Oklahoma Claytor Lake State Park is a 472 acre 191 ha state park in Pulaski County Virginia The park is located on Claytor Lake a 4 500 acre 18 km2 21 mile long 34 km reservoir on the New River formed by Claytor Dam which is used to generate hydroelectric power by the Appalachian Power Company The reservoir is named for W Graham Claytor 1886 1971 of nearby Roanoke a former vice president of Appalachian Power who supervised construction of the dam and creation of the lake Claytor Lake State ParkIUCN category III natural monument or feature Photo of morning at Claytor Lake State Park Virginia USALocation of Claytor Lake State Park in VirginiaShow map of VirginiaClaytor Lake State Park the United States Show map of the United StatesLocationPulaski County Virginia USANearest cityDublin VACoordinates37 3 32 N 80 37 42 W 37 05889 N 80 62833 W 37 05889 80 62833Area472 acres 191 ha Governing bodyVirginia Department of Conservation and RecreationClaytor Lake State Park has hiking trails a freshwater swimming beach boating and fishing opportunities a full service marina visitor center concession lakeside cabins camping with full hookups interpretive programs and six rental shelters accommodating large groups In addition to this many housing projects have been created around the area due to the enticing lake front properties The Haven B Howe House is used as a Nature Exhibit Center that focuses on the lake s wildlife habitat 1 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 2 References edit Marc C Wagner and Jean O McRae April 2005 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Haven B Howe House PDF Virginia Department of Historic Resources National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Claytor Lake State Park Claytor Lake State Park Virginia Wildernet com Claytor Lake State Park webpage Claytor Lake web portal nbsp This Pulaski County Virginia state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Claytor Lake State Park amp oldid 1168172739, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
