List of lakes in Virginia
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This is a list of lakes
in the state
of Virginia
in the United States
Lake
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
in the state
U.S. state
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of Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
in the United States
United States
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- Abel Reservoir
- Amelia Lake
- Lake AnnaLake AnnaLake Anna is one of the largest freshwater inland lakes in Virginia, covering an area of 13,000 acres , and located 72 miles south of Washington, D.C. in Louisa and Spotsylvania counties...
- Lake Barcroft
- Beaver Creek Reservoir
- Beaverdam Creek Reservoir
- Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir
- Briery Creek Lake
- Buggs Island Lake
- Burke LakeBurke LakeBurke Lake is a freshwater reservoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is contained within Burke Lake Park, a Fairfax County public park owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority . Burke Lake is formed by a dam on South Run, a tributary stream of the Potomac River.Fairfax County...
- Burnt Mills Reservoir
- Lake ChesdinLake ChesdinLake Chesdin is a lake in south-central Virginia, on the border of Chesterfield County and Dinwiddie County and going upstream into Amelia County. It is a popular fishing area and is known to have great opportunities for largemouth bass...
- Claytor LakeClaytor LakeClaytor Lake in Pulaski County, Virginia, is a 4,500 acre , 21 mile long reservoir on the New River created for a hydroelectric project of Appalachian Power Company. It is named for W...
- Lake Conner
- Diascund Reservoir
- Lake DrummondLake DrummondLake Drummond is located at the center of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the United States. Surface area of the lake is approximately and the...
- Emporia Reservoir
- Lake Fairfax
- Fairy Stone Lake
- Flannagan Reservoir
- Lake Frederick
- Lake GastonLake GastonLake Gaston is a hydroelectric reservoir in east United States of America. Part of the lake is in the North Carolina counties of Halifax, Northampton, and Warren. The part extending into Virginia lies in Brunswick and Mecklenburg counties...
(Also extends into North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
). - Gatewood Reservoir
- Germantown Lake
- Lake Gordon (Virginia)
- Great Creek Watershed Lake
- Harwoods Mill Reservoir
- Holiday Lake
- Hungry Mother Lake
- Lake Kilby
- Keokee Lake
- Laurel Bed Lake
- Lee Hall Reservoir (Newport News City Reservoir)
- Leesville Reservoir
- Lake Manassas
- Martinsville Reservoir
- Lake MauryLake MauryLake Maury is a reservoir which was created as part of the natural park on the grounds of the Mariners' Museum located in the independent city of Newport News in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia....
- Lake Meade (Virginia)
- Lake MoomawLake MoomawLake Moomaw is a lake in western Virginia. It is formed by the Gathright Dam on the Jackson River. The lake is named for Benjamin Moomaw, a local businessman who was a promoter of the dam project. Outlet from the lake can be released from nine portals at various depths, in order to control...
- Motts Run Reservoir
- Mountain LakeMountain Lake (Virginia)Mountain Lake is a freshwater lake located in Giles County near Newport, Virginia, in the United States. Along with Lake Drummond in the Great Dismal Swamp, it is one of only two natural lakes in Virginia...
- Ni Reservoir
- North Fork Pound ReservoirNorth Fork Pound ReservoirNorth Fork Pound Reservoir is a reservoir in Wise County, Virginia. It was impounded from the North Fork of Pound River in 1966 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.-General:...
(Pound Lake) - Nottoway Lake
- Occoquan ReservoirOccoquan ReservoirOccoquan Reservoir is a reservoir in northeast Virginia, southwest of Washington, D.C., straddling part of the boundary between Fairfax County and Prince William County, west of Alexandria...
- Lake Orange
- Pelham Reservoir
- Philpott Reservoir
- Lake Prince
- Rivanna Reservoir
- Sandy Bottom Park Pond
- Sandy River ReservoirSandy River ReservoirSandy River Reservoir is a water supply impoundment located slightly east of the town of Farmville in Prince Edward County. Sandy River Reservoir is one of the newest lakes in Virginia with construction completed in 1994 and fishing opened in 1996...
- Skidmore Reservoir
- Lake Smith
- Smith Mountain LakeSmith Mountain LakeSmith Mountain Lake is a large reservoir in the Roanoke Region of Virginia, located southeast of the City of Roanoke and southwest of Lynchburg. The lake was created in 1963 by the Smith Mountain Dam impounding the Roanoke River. The majority of the south shore of the lake lies in Franklin County...
- South Holston LakeSouth Holston LakeSouth Holston Lake is located near the cities of Abingdon, Virginia and Bristol, Virginia / Bristol, Tennessee, and is a impoundment operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority . Much of the reservoir is in Tennessee, but the Virginia portion of the reservoir offers anglers more than of water...
- Swift Creek Lake
- Waller Mill Reservoir
- Western Branch Reservoir
- Lake Whitehurst
- Lake JacksonLake JacksonLake Jackson may refer to:Lakes in the United States:* Lake Jackson * Lake Jackson * Lake Jackson ** Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park* Lake Jackson...