Attractions
The Town of Lilesville offers a wide range of events, from outdoor concerts, seasonal festivals, and sports competitions, to spending time in our local parks, and relaxing with your family for an afternoon of outdoor fun. There are lots of activities to choose from weekly.
Come out and meet your neighbors and enjoy all of the many things that make the Town of Lilesville a great place to live!
Locations
Blewett Falls Lake & Recreation Area
520 Boat Landing Road
Lilesville, North Carolina 28091
Located between Rockingham, NC and Wadesboro, NC, Blewett Falls Lake is a great get-away from the crowds at other more populated recreation areas.
Anglers fishing in Blewett Falls Lake will find the lake well stocked with bass, crappie, bream, stripers and catfish. Different species are known to be more active at different times of the year. However, the lake is probably best known for the large catfish that are regularly caught there, including blue cats, channel and flathead catfish.
Cat fishing on the lake is a good trip for the entire family or for someone new to the sport of cat fishing. The action is usually fast, and you can expect to catch catfish in 5 – 30 pound range, during the day or night, year round.
Crappie fishing in the early spring is quite popular on Blewett Falls Lake, and the size and quantity of the catch is usually very rewarding.
Blewett Falls Lake Dam
Two boat ramps are available to the boater and angler in Anson County, and both are free to the public. The major boat landing and ramp is located close to the dam on Boat Landing Road, which branches off Blewett Falls Road, just off Highway 74. The other boat landing is on Highway 109 north of Wadesboro, just beside the Highway 109 Bridge that crosses the Pee Dee River on the north end of Blewett Falls Lake.
Blewett Falls Dam is used for hydroelectric power, recreation and drinking water purposes. Construction was completed in 1912. It has a normal surface area of 4 square miles. It is owned by Carolina Power And Light Co.
Blewett Falls is concrete, a gravity dam, of earthen construction. The core is homogeneous, concrete. The foundation is rock. Its height is 77 feet with a length of 4109 feet. Maximum discharge is 490000 cubic feet per second. Normal storage is 97000 acre feet. It drains an area of 6839 square mile
Blewett Falls Tailrace Fishing Area
2593 Power Plant Road
Lilesville, North Carolina 28091
The Blewett Falls Tailrace Fishing Area is a spot located near the Blewett Falls Dam in North Carolina, where anglers can fish in the tailrace area below the dam, particularly known for catching migratory fish like American shad during their spawning run; however, as of recent updates, the fishing platform at the Blewett Falls Tailrace is currently closed to the public due to construction and is expected to reopen on June 1, 2025.