Octoraro Lakes Dam
Octoraro Lakes Dam is a dam in Cecil County, Maryland. Octoraro Lakes Dam is situated nearby to the hamlet Harrisville, as well as near Colora.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rock Springs Generation Facility and Colora Meetinghouse.
Rock Springs Generation Facility
Power station
The Rock Springs Generation Facility is a 684 MW natural gas-fired electric generating peaking plant located in Rising Sun, Maryland. The plant comprises four gas turbines and went online in 2003. Rock Springs Generation Facility is situated 2 miles northwest of Octoraro Lakes Dam.
Colora Meetinghouse
Place of worship
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colora Meetinghouse is a historic Friends meeting house located at Colora, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The meeting house was built in 1841 as part of a larger dispute known as the "great separation." The original members of the Colora Meeting… Colora Meetinghouse is situated 2½ miles southeast of Octoraro Lakes Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harrisville and Colora.
Harrisville
Hamlet
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harrisville is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is located west of Rising Sun at the roundabout for Maryland State Routes 273 and 276. Harrisville is situated 2½ miles east of Octoraro Lakes Dam.
Colora
Hamlet
Colora is an unincorporated community in western Cecil County, Maryland, United States, near Conowingo and Port Deposit. The ZIP Code of this area is 21917, and has some historic houses and some new structures, including several development neighborhoods. Colora is situated 2½ miles southeast of Octoraro Lakes Dam.
Oakwood
Hamlet
Oakwood is an unincorporated community, in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It lies at an elevation of 371 feet. Oakwood is situated 3 miles west of Octoraro Lakes Dam.
Octoraro Lakes Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Cecil County, Maryland, United States of America
- Location: Cecil County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.7014° or 39° 42′ 5″ northLongitude
-76.12528° or 76° 7′ 31″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
87F5PV2F+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 358243329OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Octoraro Lakes Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Octoraro Lakes Dam”
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