Lakes / West Virginia / Wayne County / Beech Fork Lake
Beech Fork Lake, West Virginia
727 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - West Virginia
38.30 degrees N, 82.39 degrees W - Wayne County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Beech Fork Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #10 for surface area among the West Virginia lakes counted so far - 727 acres.
- About 9 miles from Huntington, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Lynn Lake | Wayne | 14 mi | 1,154 acres |
| Waste Water Retention Pond | Kanawha | 37 mi | 26 acres |
| Rollins Lake | Jackson | 50 mi | 39 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in West Virginia
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summersville Lake | Nicholas | 2,834 acres | - |
| 2 | Tygart Lake | Taylor | 1,873 acres | - |
| 3 | Sutton Lake | Braxton | 1,636 acres | - |
| 4 | Cheat Lake | Monongalia | 1,359 acres | - |
| 5 | East Lynn Lake | Wayne | 1,154 acres | - |
All 35 West Virginia lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 76870556). Verified October 30, 2026.