Lake Norman Ties The Area Together!

The Lake Norma area has unsurpassed economic climate and natural beauty and some of the best neighborhoods in the country. It is within commuting distance of Charlotte, Hickory, Statesville, Denver, Huntersville, Cornelius, Mooresville, Denver, Troutman, western parts of Concord and Kannapolis eastern part of Gastonia, and Lincolnton. To put it in perspective, lets take a drive from Charlotte to Lake Norman. From Downtown you will get on I77, exit 10 north. At exit 13 you will pass over I85 which would take you to Gastonia south and Concord - Kannapolis to the north. Continuing to exit 18 you will find Northlake Mall, a large upscale shopping center to the west and the University area including shopping, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) and Presbyterian Hospital and just north of the university area, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Lowe's Motor Speedway and Concord Mills Mall.

Back to I77 and continuing north to exit 23 and exit 25, Huntersville. Huntersville offers shopping, Presbyterian Hospital, Huntersville Business Park and more. Go east to Concord and Kannapolis and go west to Denver and Lincolnton. Continuing up I77 to Exit 28, Cornelius NC. Cornelius is on the southeastern shores of Lake Norman. The Lake Norman Visitor Center and Michael Waltrip Racing World. At exit 30, Davidson, home of Davidson College, a leading liberal arts college.

Continuing up I77 to exit 33 and exit 36, Mooresville. Lake Norman Regional Medial Center, The Pointe subdivision. Just north of Mooresville are Troutman, Exit 42 and Statesville, Exit 49.. West of Mooresville on Highway 150 is Sherrills Ford.

That concludes our trip from Charlotte to Lake Norman. The upper most point of Lake Norman is off Exit 45, just 40 miles from downtown Charlotte. Lake Norman is a beautiful lake with 535 miles of shoreline and is just 18 minutes from downtown Charlotte. Cowan’s Ford Dam at the southern end of Lake Norman created the largest manmade body of fresh water in North Carolina when it dammed the Catawba River in 1963. The total length of the facility is 7,387 feet, including more than a mile of earthen dam. The concrete portion of the dam is 1,279 feet long and 130 feet high.

Referred to as an "inland sea" with a surface area of more than 32,475 acres. Named after former Duke Power president Norman Cocke, Lake Norman is nearly as large as the other ten lakes on the Catawba combined. Full pond elevation at the lake is 760 feet. The water of Lake Norman is used in two ways to provide electricity to the Piedmont Carolinas. It is used to power the generators at Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station and by Marshall Steam Station and McGuire Nuclear Station to cool the steam that drives the turbines. This steam is condensed back to water so it can be pumped back through the plants and used again.

Would you like to do business in such a place? 15 minutes from uptown Charlotte via I-77, North Carolina’s Lake Norman Region is light-years away in attitude — a 32,500-acre water wonderland surrounded by beautiful lakefront neighborhoods, spectacular golf, elegant shopping and the charming village atmosphere of Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville.
Think of it as “Charlotte casual.” A place where you can enjoy the benefits of doing business in one of America’s most dynamic metropolitan areas, yet still find countless reasons to kick off those wingtips and ease into your flip-flops.
Serious Business. Serious fun. That’s what North Carolina’s Lake Norman Region is all about.

On a personal note: Memories over the past 50 years fill my memory of Lake Norman, from family members with homes to tremendous growth and continued economic development and tremendous appreciation in homes. You just have to see it to believe it.