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Neely Henry Lake is located on the Coosa River near Gadsden, Alabama. The lake was formed by the Neely Henry Dam (57 feet (17 m) high), built in 1966 by Alabama Power Company for hydroelectric power and recreation. Completed on June 2, 1966, the dam and reservoir were named for H. Neely Henry, a senior executive vice-president of Alabama Power.
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Gadsden is the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located on the Coosa River about 56 miles (90 km) northeast of Birmingham and 90 miles (140 km) southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee .
The GROW Gadsden master plan calls for continued improvements at Noccalula Falls and Campground. Princess Noccalula towers over the fgorge at Noccalula Falls in this file photo from Jan. 17, 2018.
The lake, nicknamed Lake of a Thousand Coves by locals, has 275 miles (443 km) of shoreline along its 48.5-mile (78.1 km) length sandwiched between Logan Martin Dam on the south and Neely Henry Dam on the north. The depth of the lake is 35 to 110 feet (34 m) with only five feet average water level variance.
Also on the property are the ruins of a building that housed the Bellevue Hotel from 1889 to 1895, the Jones Female College from 1895 to 1897, and the Mineral Spring Hotel from 1901 to 1912. After the building burned in 1912, the site was still used as a community gathering site until the house was built in 1926.
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Lee County Lake is a 130 acres (0.5 km 2) lake located 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Opelika. Take Alabama Highway 169 south from I-85 then 1 mile (2 km) west on Lee County Road 146. Lee County Lake is the only lake with fishermen cabins and has a courtesy pier by the boat ramp. Weiss Lake is in Cherokee County and occupies 32,000 acres (130 km ...