Lake Tahoma
Lake Tahoma is a private lake in the mountains of Western North Carolina, United States, in McDowell County. It is fed by the waters of Buck Creek, a tributary of the Catawba River. The lake is about 5 miles northwest of Marion.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marion.
Marion
Town
Marion is a city in and the county seat of McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1844, the city was named in honor of Brigadier General Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War Hero whose talent in guerrilla warfare earned him the name "Swamp Fox". Marion is situated 5 miles southeast of Lake Tahoma.
Lake Tahoma
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: McDowell, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.72686° or 35° 43′ 37″ north
Longitude
-82.0865° or 82° 5′ 11″ west
Elevation
1,345 feet (410 metres)
Open location code
867VPWG7+PC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Tahoma from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Tahoma” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Tahoma”
- French: “lac Tahoma”
- French: “Lac Tahoma”
- Italian: “Lago Tahoma”
- Venetian: “lago Tahoma”
- Welsh: “Llyn Tahoma”
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