
— a long blue reservoir held against the foothills.

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“A 472-acre state park on the New River in southwest Virginia, wrapped around the upper end of Claytor Lake. The lake itself is roughly forty-five hundred acres, formed in 1939 when Appalachian Power closed the dam south of Radford. There is a swimming beach, a marina, and a cluster of cabins among the hardwoods on the south shore.
Claytor Lake State Park sits on the south shore of Claytor Lake in Pulaski County, Virginia, about ten miles east of the town of Pulaski and fifteen miles west of Radford. The park covers 472 acres; the lake it borders is roughly four thousand five hundred acres and twenty-one miles long, formed when Appalachian Power Company completed Claytor Dam on the New River in 1939. The park opened to the public in 1951 and is operated by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The Howe House, a restored mid-nineteenth-century homestead, stands inside the park boundary.
The New River, despite its name, is one of the oldest rivers in North America, with a course estimated at more than three hundred million years. Above Claytor Dam the river widens into a reservoir popular with bass, walleye, and striped-bass anglers. The park rents pontoon boats, kayaks, and stand-up paddleboards from the marina between Memorial Day and Labor Day. A designated swimming beach with a roped-off area is open in the same season; outside of summer the shoreline is quiet and used mainly by walkers and fishermen.
The park is open daily from dawn to dusk; a small day-use fee applies and is collected at the contact station off Route 660. Twelve cabins and roughly a hundred and ten campsites, some primitive and some with full hookups, are available by reservation through the Virginia State Parks system. The Howe House is open seasonally as a small interpretive museum. The nearest town for groceries and fuel is Dublin, six miles north. Pets are permitted on leash on most trails but not on the swimming beach.