A 1200-acre, massively heated thermal lake sits at 3,100 feet above sea level. A 1.6 GigaWatt coal burning power plant, owned and operated by Dominion Virginia Power, super heats Mt. Storm Lake 20 to 25 degrees above normal.
Fall temperatures can still be in the 90's while summer temperatures approach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The power plant supplies 2,000,000 people in the DC area with their power. The power plant consumes 15,000 tons of coal per day and sucks up 234,000 gallons of water per minute to cool its turbines recycling the entire lake in 2 1/2 days.
Popular with scuba divers in the tri-state area practicing high-elevation dives, the rural lake is up to 160 feet deep and miles across. Locals call this Lake "Vepco".
It will likely soon be more popular with parasailing, water skiing, jet skiing, and more with scuba divers as it is discovered and when the new Rt. 55 Corridor-H Super Highway opens an exit ramp just a couple of miles away near the Liberty Gas Station and Convenience Store.