Posts Tagged #kerr lake park watch
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on May 18, 2018
“I remember the first time an out-of-state visitor asked me about high and low tides at Kerr Lake. I laughed until I cried.” Comment from Kerr Lake Park Watch’s Frank Timberlake, who offers this information about the tide going up this weekend at Kerr Lake. “We’ve had an update from the US Army Corps … Read more
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on March 23, 2018
Spring has sprung and camping season at Kerr Lake has begun and we at Kerr Lake Park Watch want to update on park openings. Although there are some year-round sections that are open during the winter in some of the campgrounds around Kerr Lake, most of them open around Spring. VIRGINIA STATE PARKS The two … Read more
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on December 31, 2017
Happy and pretty dry New Year from Kerr Lake. Kerr Lake is suffering from chronic low tide. The lake went down in September and has remained uncustomarily low around the 294-foot level for about four months. Normal lake level is 300 feet above mean sea level. You can see from the attached USACE graph that … Read more
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on June 13, 2017
The water went up the first of May to 313 ft and down, then to 311 ft and down, then to 307.5 ft in June (above sea level, normal is 300 ft) and now it’s back close to normal. NC Parks maintenance crews at Kerr have pulled the electric boxes on campsites, put them back, … Read more
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Posted in: KLPW - Campground Facilities and Improvements, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on April 26, 2017
Here we were almost showing up in the drought column in Piedmont North Carolina and Southside Virginia, then came the rains. It’s Spring and especially during April, the showers that bring the flowers usually show up. Kerr Lake is now over 306.5 feet above MSL (Mean Sea Level – 300′ is normal full pool) and … Read more
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Posted in: KLPW - Camping Safety, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas, KLPW - US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, KLPW - WATER RELATED
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