High Rock Lake

High Rock Lake at a glance

The center of the lake is at 35.6289, -80.2511. Releases go downstream into the Yadkin River. Surface elevation is about 630 feet.

The closest lakes in this guide are Lake Tillery (North Carolina, 31 mi), Oak Hollow Lake (North Carolina, 31 mi) and Lake Norman (North Carolina, 40 mi). In all, 29 lakes in North Carolina are covered here.

Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read. Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. Water quality is monitored unevenly on inland lakes, so posted notices are the most reliable guide.

Shoreline access on lakes like this one is often informal and unsigned. The federal and state datasets behind this guide list no named beach at High Rock Lake. That does not mean there is no access, only that none is catalogued.

For a lake this size, the park office is the fastest way to learn how the water sits today. Nobody publishes a continuous level for High Rock Lake in a form this guide can read, so the page carries access and weather instead.