ABOUT LAKE LURE
The Size of the Lake
You may have heard that the size of the lake has been calculated to be around 720 acres with a shoreline of 20 ½ miles. This is of course much smaller than most folks thought. The good news is Lake Lure is still one of the prettiest lakes in the world regardless of the size.
The conflicting information appears first in a 1925 sales brochure about Lake Lure. In this brochure the acreage was stated to be "around 1200" acres. Later in 1937, Rutherford county historian, Clarence Griffin, stated that Lake Lure is "1500 acres with a shoreline of 27 miles." Only in recent years has the size been questioned.
The Isothermal Planning Commission calculated the acreage at 717 acres, but as the county expands their geographical information system (GIS), then exact full lake acreage will be determined.
