Lake Hickory

Visiting Lake Hickory

Lake Hickory sits at 35.7378, -81.3283. The surface sits around 1,188 feet above sea level. The dam closed in 1870.

The federal and state datasets behind this guide list no named beach at Lake Hickory. That does not mean there is no access, only that none is catalogued. A missing beach entry often just means nobody has catalogued the access point yet. If you need a named beach, Grandfather Ranger District on Lake James is some 33 miles from here.

Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read. Check the operating agency for advisories before any water contact, especially for blue-green algae in late summer. Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring.

The closest lakes in this guide are Lake Rhodhiss (North Carolina, 6 mi), Lookout Shoals Lake (North Carolina, 14 mi) and Lake Norman (North Carolina, 28 mi). In all, 29 lakes in North Carolina are covered here.

If the operating agency starts publishing a level for this lake, it will appear here. Nobody publishes a continuous level for Lake Hickory in a form this guide can read, so the page carries access and weather instead.