Lakes in Virginia, United States

Lake 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 (and partially in Orange County at the northern tips). The lake is easily accessible from Richmond and Charlottesville, and is one of the most popular recreational ...

    Full Pool: 250.0 MSL     Area: 13,000 Acres     

Kerr Lake (officially John H. Kerr Reservoir, also known as Bugg's Island Lake) is a reservoir along the border of the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia created by the John H. Kerr Dam. The dam construction started in 1947 and took 2,100+ workers in three shifts, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, more than four years to complete, and was fi...

    Full Pool: 300.0 MSL     Area: 48,900 Acres     

Smith Mountain Lake is a large reservoir in the Roanoke Region of Virginia[3], 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 while a portion, including access to the dam, li...

    Full Pool: 795.0 MSL     Area: 20,400 Acres