Mayo Lake is a

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

located in northeastern

Person County, North Carolina Person County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 39,097 as of the 2020 census. The county seat is Roxboro. Person County is included in the Durham- Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

. Boating entrance, walking trails, swimming access, picnic and camp site areas (collectively known as Mayo Park) are accessed from Neals Store Road about 9 miles north of the city of Roxboro along NC 49. It is smaller than Hyco Lake (located on the northwestern side of Person County). Also known as Mayo Reservoir, it was created by an earthen dam impoundment of Mayo Creek (not to be confused with the Mayo River), which was completed in 1983. Construction of the reservoir was undertaken from 1978 to 1983 by Carolina Power & Light (now Duke Energy Progress, a subsidiary of

Duke Energy Duke Energy Corporation is an American electric power and natural gas holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company ranked as the 141st largest company in the United States in 2024 – its highest-ever placement on the ...

). The lake's shoreline is maintained in a natural state.

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Reservoirs in North Carolina Protected areas of Person County, North Carolina Rivers of Person County, North Carolina {{PersonCountyNC-geo-stub