Lakes / West Virginia / Greenbrier County / Lake Sherwood
Lake Sherwood, West Virginia
166 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - West Virginia
38.01 degrees N, 80.01 degrees W - Greenbrier 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 Lake Sherwood Stacks Up
- Larger than 54% of the 35 lakes counted in West Virginia.
- The largest lake in Greenbrier County among those counted.
- About 91 miles from Charleston, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Lake | Greenbrier | 29 mi | 38 acres |
| Moncove Lake | Monroe | 33 mi | 91 acres |
| Summersville Lake | Nicholas | 49 mi | 2,834 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 64247745). Verified October 30, 2026.