CountiesStokes County
North CarolinaReservoirStokes County
Belews Lake
Belews Lake is a 3,864-acre reservoir on the Belews Creek in North Carolina. You will find it in Stokes County. It is managed by Duke Energy / NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
Coordinates36.2990, -80.0375
Surface area3,864 acres
RiverBelews Creek
Managed byDuke Energy / NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Swimming beaches on Belews Lake
No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.
Belews Lake on the map
Lake center, swimming spots and access points.
Weather and water temperature
Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.
Weather data by Open-Meteo
Visiting Belews Lake
The center of the lake is at 36.2990, -80.0375. Water leaves through the Belews Creek.
Most North Carolina day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim. Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read.
This page shows no water level for Belews Lake because no agency publishes one that can be read automatically. Where an agency publishes a figure, we show it with the time it was taken; here there is none.
The federal and state datasets behind this guide list no named beach at Belews Lake. That does not mean there is no access, only that none is catalogued. County parks and private resorts sometimes provide access that federal datasets never record.
The closest lakes in this guide are Lake Townsend (North Carolina, 17 mi), Oak Hollow Lake (North Carolina, 18 mi) and Philpott Lake (Virginia, 33 mi). In all, 29 lakes in North Carolina are covered here.
Questions about Belews Lake
Is there a beach at Belews Lake?
No named swimming beach appears in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Check the operating agency for day-use areas on the ground.
How big is Belews Lake?
About 3,864 acres.
What other lakes are near Belews Lake?
The closest in this guide is Lake Townsend, about 17 miles away in North Carolina.
Lakes near Belews Lake
Other lakes in this guide, ordered by distance.
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Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these public sources.