Gaither Lake

Gaither Lake is a reservoir in Catawba, North Carolina. Gaither Lake is situated nearby to the locality City of Hickory, as well as near the hamlet Startown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hickory Motor Speedway and Catawba County Courthouse.

Hickory Motor Speedway

Sports venue

Hickory Motor Speedway is a 0.363 mi oval short track in Newton, North Carolina. The track primarily holds NASCAR Local Racing Series season, CARS Tour and SMART Modified Tour races.

Catawba County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1924, and is a two-story, Renaissance Revival style granite veneered structure.

Discovery High School of Newton-Conover

School building

Discovery High School is part of Newton-Conover City Schools and is one of the two high schools in the district, alongside Newton-Conover High School. Established in 2005, it was created through a partnership grant with the North Carolina New Schools Project and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newton and Conover.

Newton

Town

Photo: Librerica, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Newton is a city in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Newton had a population of 13,148. It is the county seat of Catawba County. Newton is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Conover

Town

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Conover is a city in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,421 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton metropolitan area and the Charlotte metropolitan area.

Hickory

Photo: Netmogul, Public domain.

Hickory is a city in the foothills of North Carolina. Hickory is something of a regional shopping hub and a significant center for furniture manufacturing. As a result, it's an excellent place for buying furniture.

Gaither Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Catawba, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.67513° or 35° 40′ 31″ north

Longitude

-81.26314° or 81° 15′ 47″ west

Elevation

919 feet (280 metres)

Open location code

867WMPGP+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357792895

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=reservoir

GeoNames ID

4467532

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