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    It's always fun to stop by Back Creek Lake. So many cool things to do in the Cumberland Plateau Mountains, not enough time. Dry warm beds await you at Holiday Inn NORTON, and glorious water scenery is available at Back Creek Dam in the neighborhood of Back Creek Lake. This lake is one of the great places here in the Cumberland Plateau Mountains. There's no way anyone can get bored here in the Cumberland Plateau Mountains. Stay the night at Laurel Fork Campground,  
   and if you're here at Back Creek Lake it's a great idea to check out Wet Flats.
This lake is so wonderful. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Back Creek Lake; Pine Mountain Trail is a delightful local trail. Throughout the warm days of summer highs here at Back Creek Lake get into the 80's while night lows are mostly in the 60's. For the period of the winter highs are in the 40's while Back Creek Lake overnight low temperatures throughout the wintertime
 
               are in the 20's. If you need a location to stay Inn at Norton is a magnificent choice, and Valley Lake is a nearby lake that you could explore.
Don't stop me now, cause I'm havin' a glorious time here at Back Creek Lake. While you're here at Back Creek Lake, you could also take a look at wonderful Rimrock Lake; you can run the rapids of Powell River. This lake is so wonderful. Back Creek Lake is a good spot to visit for more than one day, Cane Patch Campground is a good spot to camp nearby, and a fine place for whitewater paddling is Big Stony - Mountain Fork. Getting to Buckeye Branch from Back Creek Lake is simple, and a glorious place to stop at nearby is Beech Hollow.
A typical amount of rain falls here at Back Creek Lake; most of the rain falls through March while October is the month with the least amount of precipitation.

 
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Current weather conditions at Back Creek Lake, Cumberland Plateau Mountains, Wise County, Virginia
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Local climate location: WISE 31 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 36.96833
Longitude: -82.68

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These outdoors activities are available near Back Creek Lake.
 Hotels Near Back Creek Lake:
Holiday Inn NORTON, Norton, 4 miles away
Inn at Norton, Norton, 4 miles away
Norton Days Inn, Norton, 5 miles away
Norton Super 8 Motel, Norton, 5 miles away
Best Western Of Wise, Wise, 6 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Back Creek Lake:
Cane Patch Campground, Wise County, 7 miles away
Laurel Fork Campground, Wise County, 9 miles away
Jessie Lea Recreational Vehicle Park-Campground, Big Stone Gap, 10 miles away
Bark Campground, Scott County, 12 miles away
 Whitewater Near Back Creek Lake:
Powell River, Wise CountyCounty, 4 miles away
      Class II-IV - 3 miles long (Appalachia to Big Stone Gap)
Big Stony - Mountain Fork, Scott CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class V+ - 4 miles long (Mountain Fork to Chimney Rock Fork)
Cove Creek, Scott CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class IV-V+ - 2 miles long (Cove Creek Gorge to Stinking Creek confluence)
 Trails Near Back Creek Lake:
Pine Mountain Trail, Letcher County, 16 miles away
 Lakes Near Back Creek Lake:
Rimrock Lake, Wise CountyCounty, 3 miles away
Valley Lake, Wise CountyCounty, 3 miles away

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I have been doing climate research on the High Knob massif, the great landform upon which many of these whitewater runs are listed for in Wise-Scott counties of Virginia, for some 20 years. This is a high precipitation area ( although 2007 has been the driest on record with 40''-46'' so far ) that tends to average 60''-70'' per year amid the mid-upper elevations ( 2500-3000+ feet ) along the Wise-Scott border. The city of Norton has been found to be the wettest town or city in Virginia over the long term, with an annual average during the 1983-2004 period of 57.54'' per year ( and that with some missing data during the winter months prior to 1999 ). Thought you would be interested in this information, since not alot of data is available on this area....

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