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Massanutten Dam, Virginia
Massanutten Dam on Stony Run in Virginia.
Open in BirdTrout38.4083, -78.7465 · Rockingham County · NID VA165012. Tap the map to open this water in the live app.
What the runs do here
Stony Run carries no anadromous run on our corridor map, so this page makes no claim about salmon or steelhead at this dam. What it sits on is coldwater — resident trout water — and the section below says which classification says so.
The structure
- Owner
- Great Eastern Resort Corp. Private
- Purpose
- Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 35 ft
- Length
- 540 ft
- Storage
- 77 acre-ft · 5 acre pool
- Drainage
- 3 sq mi
- Condition
- Satisfactory · Significant hazard potential
- Status
- Normal Operations
From the National Inventory of Dams (USACE). Hazard potential is a downstream-consequence classification, not a statement about the structure's condition.
The water above and below
- Stony Run 0.01 mi from the dam · Class III · wild (VDWR)
Coldwater designation is the state's own classification. A dam sits on one river and this list is every designated reach within a mile and a half of it, so a tributary mouth shows up here too.
Water right now
| Gauge | Distance | Temp | Flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| War Branch below Trib near Tenth Legion, VA | 10.9 mi | 59.4 °F | 2 cfs |
| N F Shenandoah River at Cootes Store, VA | 16.8 mi | — | 115 cfs |
| S F Shenandoah River near Lynnwood, VA | 5.9 mi | — | 216 cfs |
Live from USGS. A gauge miles away is a gauge miles away — the distance column is there so you can discount it. A hydro dam's releases move the flow below it on a schedule the gauge sees and this page does not. 1 of the gauges above is not sending water temperature at all — a stopped gauge still answers with the last value it ever sent and nothing to say so, so those rows carry a modelled figure where one can be fitted, marked as modelled, and a dash where it cannot.
Getting to it
- Island Ford 4.6 mi · boat launch · S. Fork Shenandoah River
- Lake Shenandoah 5.3 mi · Lake Shenandoah
- Elkton 6.0 mi · S. Fork Shenandoah River
Public access sites near the dam, straight-line distance. A dam itself is private property unless its owner says otherwise; these are the places the state lists as open.
Fly shops nearby
- Mossy Creek Fly Fishing 5.3 mi · Harrisonburg
- Appalachian Trail Outfitters 6.6 mi
- Walkabout Outfitters 7.2 mi
- South River Fly Shop 24.7 mi · Waynesboro · +1 540-942-5566
- Albemarle Angler 27.9 mi