This is a list of lakes in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Virginia has two natural lakes, and several man-made lakes and reservoirs.[1] Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Natural lakes edit
Other lakes and reservoirs edit
- Abel Reservoir
- Lake Accotink
- Amelia Lake
- Lake Anna
- Lake Barcroft
- Beaver Creek Reservoir
- Beaverdam Creek Reservoir
- Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir
- Briery Creek Lake
- Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Lake (officially John H. Kerr Reservoir))
- Burke Lake
- Burnt Mills Reservoir
- Lake Chesdin
- Claytor Lake
- Lake Conner
- Curtis Lake[2]
- Diascund Reservoir
- Emporia Reservoir
- Lake Fairfax
- Fairy Stone Lake
- Flannagan Reservoir
- Lake Frederick
- Lake Gaston (Also extends into North Carolina).
- Gatewood Reservoir
- Germantown Lake
- Lake Gordon (Virginia)
- Great Creek Watershed Lake
- Harwoods Mill Reservoir
- Holiday Lake
- Hungry Mother Lake
- Lake Kilby
- Loch Lothian
- Keokee Lake
- Laurel Bed Lake
- Lee Hall Reservoir (Newport News City Reservoir)
- Leesville Reservoir
- Lake Manassas
- The Mariners' Lake
- Martinsville Reservoir
- Lake Meade (Virginia)
- Lake Mercer[3]
- Mill Creek Lake
- Lake Monocan
- Lake Moomaw
- Motts Run Reservoir
- Lake Nelson
- Ni Reservoir
- North Fork Pound Reservoir (Pound Lake)
- Nottoway Lake
- Occoquan Reservoir
- Lake Orange
- Pelham Reservoir
- Philpott Reservoir
- Lake Prince
- Rivanna Reservoir
- Sandy Bottom Park Pond
- Sandy River Reservoir
- Skidmore Reservoir
- Lake Smith
- Smith Mountain Lake
- South Holston Lake
- Swift Creek Lake
- Waller Mill Reservoir
- Western Branch Reservoir
- Lake Whitehurst
- Lake Jackson
- Lake of the Woods, Virginia
- Lake Accotink
References edit
- ^ Harper, Scott (April 8, 2009). "Lake Drummond's Name and Origin Still a Mystery to Some". The Virginian-Pilot Daily Press. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ Curtis Lake
- ^ "Parks with Small Lakes | Park Authority". www.fairfaxcounty.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-19.