Jordan Lake Raleigh Business Directory

Jordan Lake is a reservoir in New Hope Valley, west of Raleigh and south of Durham in Chatham… read more

County, North Carolina, in the United States of America. The northernmost end of the lake actually reaches into southwestern Durham County. Originally authorized in 1963 as the New Hope Lake Project, the reservoir was renamed in 1974 in memory of B. Everett Jordan, former North Carolina Senator. The reservoir covers 13,940 acres (5,640 ha) with a shoreline of 180 miles (290 km) at its standard water level of 216 feet (66 m) above sea level.