Claytor Dam
The Claytor Dam is a gravity dam on the New River in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States. It is located about 2.5 mi south of Radford. It is named after William Graham Claytor, then vice president of Appalachian Power Company, who was instrumental in the dam's construction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Virginia State Parks staff, CC BY 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountain View and Graysontown.
Mountain View
Hamlet
Mountain View is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Mountain View is situated 2 miles northwest of Claytor Dam.
Graysontown
Locality
Photo: Skyrunner75, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Graysontown is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. Graysontown is located on the Little River, 6.5 miles south of Radford. Graysontown is situated 3 miles southeast of Claytor Dam.
Snowville
Hamlet
Photo: Wx4sno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Snowville is a census-designated place located in southeastern Pulaski County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population, as of the 2010 Census, was 149. It is part of the Blacksburg–Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Snowville is situated 3 miles southeast of Claytor Dam.
Claytor Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Virginia, United States
- Categories: gravity dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Pulaski, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.07524° or 37° 4′ 31″ northLongitude
-80.58484° or 80° 35′ 5″ westElevation
1,801 feet (549 metres)Open location code
869X3CG8+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 43230899OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Claytor Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Claytor Dam”
- German: “Claytor Dam”
- Japanese: “クレイター・ダム”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Клейтор”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Claytor Dam”. Photo: Virginia State Parks staff, CC BY 2.0.