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Welcome to Beacon Lake ...

Beacon Lake is located in Wake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Beacon Lake: Beacon Lk.

Beacon Lake is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Beacon Lake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Beacon Lake: 919 & 984<3>

Communities near Beacon Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beacon Lake.

  • Raleigh
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cary
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Cary is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <4>
  • Apex
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Apex is located in Wake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <4>
  • Wake Forest
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Holly Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Garner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fuquay - Varina
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Morrisville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Clayton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Knightdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Beacon Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beacon Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beacon Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beacon Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beacon Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Beacon Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beacon Lake ...

Looking for more information about Beacon Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Beacon Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Beacon Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beacon Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Beacon Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Beacon Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.