2016 Map of John H Kerr Dam

About this map

The John H Kerr Dam stands as the central engineering feature of this borderland region, impounding the Roanoke River to create the expansive John H. Kerr Reservoir. This landscape is defined by the intricate, flooded fingers of the reservoir that reach into both Virginia and North Carolina, creating a complex shoreline that surrounds Keats Peninsula and islands like Buggs Island and Gilligans Island. On the northern shore, the community of Castle Heights and the settlement at Phillis sit above the dam, while downstream to the east, the river flows into Lake Gaston.