McCorkle Lake, Blue Ridge Mountains, Burke County, North Carolina     User input for McCorkle Lake, Blue Ridge Mountains, Burke County, North Carolina: Be the first to submit input for McCorkle Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        All through the long summer days here at McCorkle Lake, high temperatures frequently reach the 80's, and the nighttime is a tad chillier of course, commonly in the 60's. For the duration of the winter highs are in the 50's, and through the dark hours in the wintertime at McCorkle Lake temperatures fall to the 20's. A visit to McCorkle Lake wouldn’t be complete without a tour to close by South Mountain State Park, and if you need a location to stay Sleep Inn Morganton       is a fine choice. All the outdoors enjoyable things in the Blue Ridge Mountains will keep you coming back over and over. Johns River has a nice whitewater paddling spot close by. McCorkle Lake gets a good deal of water; the month with most of the rain is May while January is the month with the least amount of precipitation. This lake is so wonderful. A beautiful lake like Griffin Lake close to McCorkle Lake is a glorious place to check out, and there are plenty                  of folks from Rutherford College here. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains. Lakes are such serene spots, why not stop by Hart Lake close to McCorkle Lake, and dry warm beds await you at Hampton Inn Morganton NC. This place is excellent, just check out all the exciting stuff to do near McCorkle Lake. In the event that you don’t have a problem getting drenched, you can always go whitewater paddling on Catawba River - Henry Fork, and glorious water scenery is available at McCorkle Dam next to McCorkle Lake. Hildebran Mountain is picturesque and can be observed from McCorkle Lake; why not a little side tour to Cub Creek. McCorkle Lake is one of the lakes here in the Blue Ridge Mountains.   Hampton Inn Morganton NC, Morganton 9 miles away ***The Hampton Inn Morganton hotel in North Carolina has gotten the top 10 circle of Excellence Award winner in 2000 2001 2003 and 2004.*** The Hampton Inn Morganton hotel is directly off Interstate ... Sleep Inn Morganton, Morganton 9 miles away FREE wireless high-speed Internet access in all rooms. 7 year Gold Award Winner. Located two minutes from Western Piedmont Community College, Broughton & Grace Hospitals, Carolina State school/deaf, W... Current weather conditions at McCorkle Lake, Blue Ridge Mountains, Burke County, North Carolina Local climate location: MORGANTON 15 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 35.68833 Longitude: -81.525 Blue Ridge Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Blue Ridge Mountains Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Blue Ridge Mountains. North Carolina Lakes Complete list of all lakes in North Carolina Burke County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Burke County Books about McCorkle Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about McCorkle Lake, Blue Ridge Mountains, Burke County, North Carolina. Outdoors Recreation Near Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, North Carolina Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, North Carolina, the metro area neareast to McCorkle Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. North Carolina Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of North Carolina.     These outdoors activities are available near McCorkle Lake.   Hotels Near McCorkle Lake: Hampton Inn Morganton NC, Morganton, 9 miles away Sleep Inn Morganton, Morganton, 9 miles away Holiday Inn MORGANTON-I-40, Morganton, 9 miles away Quality Inn Morganton, Morganton, 9 miles away Quality Inn & Suites, Hickory, 11 miles away   Ski Areas Near McCorkle Lake: Appalachian Mountain, North Carolina, 29 miles away       365 vertical feet   Whitewater Near McCorkle Lake: Catawba River - Henry Fork, BurkeCounty, 13 miles away       Class I-III - 18 miles long (Rich Mtn Road to Warlick Chapel Road) Johns River, Burke/CaldwellCounty, 16 miles away       Class I-II - 6.5 miles long (Route 1328 to Route 1438) First Broad, Cleveland/ RutherfordCounty, 18 miles away       Class I-III - 15 miles long (Route 1726 Bridge to Route 1529 Bridge)   Lakes Near McCorkle Lake: Hart Lake, Catawba CountyCounty, 13 miles away Griffin Lake, Catawba CountyCounty, 14 miles away