Lake Charles
Lake Charles is a reservoir in Buncombe, North Carolina and has an elevation of 3,048 feet. Lake Charles is situated nearby to the hamlet Shumont, as well as near Bat Cave.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bat Cave and Chimney Rock.
Bat Cave
Hamlet
Bat Cave is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Named after a bat cave located on Bluerock Mountain, it is the largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America and is a protected area, not open to the public.
Chimney Rock
Village
Chimney Rock is a village in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 140 at the 2020 census. The village took its name from a large gneiss outcrop located on a summit above the village itself in Chimney Rock State Park.
Bearwallow
Hamlet
Bearwallow is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Lake Charles
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Buncombe, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.47896° or 35° 28′ 44″ north
Longitude
-82.25374° or 82° 15′ 13″ west
Elevation
3,048 feet (929 metres)
Open location code
867VFPHW+HG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
GeoNames ID
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