Lakes / West Virginia / Grant County / Elk Run Reservoir
Elk Run Reservoir, West Virginia
40 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - West Virginia
39.20 degrees N, 79.40 degrees W - Grant 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 Elk Run Reservoir Stacks Up
- Larger than 28% of the 35 lakes counted in West Virginia.
- About 42 miles from Morgantown, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Storm Lake | Grant | 7.5 mi | 1,129 acres |
| Terra Alta Lake | Preston | 19 mi | 29 acres |
| Hulls Lake | Preston | 19 mi | 148 acres |
| Jennings Randolph Lake | Mineral | 20 mi | 826 acres |
| Teter Creek Lake | Barbour | 26 mi | 35 acres |
| Big Bear Lake | Preston | 28 mi | 31 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 45656007). Verified October 30, 2026.