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Leesville Lake is one of the best kept secrets in Virginia outdoor recreation, and we'd kind of like to keep it that way.
Leesville Lake, just like its big sister, Smith Mountain Lake, was created in the 1960s by carefully flooding rivers, creeks, valleys in the greater Roanoke River Basin, and the construction of the two hydroelectric dams (one on Smith Mountain and one on Leesville).
Leesville's unglamorous purpose in life is to collect and hold water to be pumped back to Smith Mountain, a lake that has taken on a country club appearance at the expense of its blue-collar sibling.
In Carroll County, Ohio, Leesville Lake is on McGuire Creek, a tributary of Conotton Creek on Tuscarawas River, which runs into the Muskingum River.
Leesville Lake was constructed primarily for flood control, recreation, fish and wildlife enhancement.
The Leesville Dam was completed in October 1936 and is a rolled earth fill with impervious core, maximum height of 74 feet, 1,695 feet long, with the top width of 25 feet, and the base width of 450 feet.
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