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Lakes Near Charlottesville, Virginia

80 counted Virginia lakes sit within 60 miles of Charlottesville - the largest is Lake Anna at 12,672.74 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Anna	Louisa	37 mi	12,672.74 acres	-
Hicks Lake	Prince Edward	55 mi	739.09 acres	-
Lake Mooney	Stafford	55 mi	494.13 acres	-
Lake of the Woods	Orange	44 mi	491.74 acres	-
Ni River Reservoir	Spotsylvania	49 mi	407.72 acres	-
South Fork Rivanna River Reservoir	Albemarle	5 mi	398.87 acres	-
Lake Merriweather	Rockbridge	53 mi	382.04 acres	-
Hunting Run Reservoir	Spotsylvania	50 mi	379.15 acres	-
Lake Monticello	Fluvanna	12 mi	334.33 acres	-
Lake Caroline	Caroline	52 mi	273.3 acres	-
Lake Louisa	Louisa	25 mi	272.06 acres	-
Fawn Lake	Spotsylvania	44 mi	264.7 acres	-
Lake Culpeper	Culpeper	39 mi	242.89 acres	-
Northeast Creek Reservoir	Louisa	30 mi	183.88 acres	-
Abel Lake	Stafford	60 mi	174.46 acres	-
Motts Run Reservoir	Spotsylvania	54 mi	137.14 acres	-
Lake Orange	Orange	28 mi	125.04 acres	-
Ruffins Pond	Spotsylvania	60 mi	123.31 acres	-
Lynchburg Reservoir	Amherst	50 mi	117.87 acres	-
Holiday Lake	Appomattox	45 mi	113.17 acres	-
Germantown Lake	Fauquier	58 mi	106.23 acres	-
Dover Lake	Goochland	49 mi	101.42 acres	-
Skidmore Fork Lake	Rockingham	52 mi	99.54 acres	-
Amelia Lake	Amelia	49 mi	98.35 acres	-
Beaver Creek Reservoir	Albemarle	10 mi	95.59 acres	-
Swans Lake	Cumberland	44 mi	93.9 acres	-
Lake Landor	Caroline	50 mi	90.44 acres	-
Spring Creek Lake	Prince Edward	57 mi	79.32 acres	-
Lake Gordonsville	Louisa	15 mi	77.34 acres	-
Trice Lake	Cumberland	30 mi	74.69 acres	-
Merrimac Lake	Culpeper	38 mi	72.9 acres	-
Tates Pond	Chesterfield	57 mi	67.11 acres	-
Hazel Grove Lake	Spotsylvania	48 mi	66.47 acres	-
Sports Lake	Cumberland	30 mi	64.99 acres	-
Green Mountain Lake	Greene	17 mi	60.05 acres	-
Chris Greene Lake	Albemarle	9 mi	57.08 acres	-
Izac Lake	Louisa	18 mi	56.34 acres	-
Cool Spring Lake	Spotsylvania	48 mi	55.35 acres	-
Picketts Creek Reservoir	Goochland	34 mi	55.35 acres	-
Temples Millpond	Caroline	49 mi	54.97 acres	-
White Oak Lake	Madison	26 mi	52.32 acres	-
Charlottesville Reservoir	Albemarle	5 mi	51.26 acres	-
Fluvanna Ruritan Lake	Fluvanna	11 mi	51.15 acres	-
Elkhorn Lake	Augusta	46 mi	50.66 acres	-
Charlottesville Reservoir	Albemarle	16 mi	47.44 acres	-
Mount Bernard Lake	Goochland	42 mi	47.44 acres	-
Lake Laura	Shenandoah	56 mi	45.48 acres	-
Salisbury Lake	Chesterfield	57 mi	41.76 acres	-
Bear Creek Lake	Cumberland	36 mi	41.02 acres	-
Lake Heritage	Caroline	50 mi	40.53 acres	-
Nelson Lake	Nelson	32 mi	40.53 acres	-
Elon Water Works Reservoir	Amherst	53 mi	39.54 acres	-
Redford Pond	Powhatan	39 mi	37.85 acres	-
Danton Pond	Fauquier	54 mi	37.81 acres	-
Brandy Rock Farm Lake	Culpeper	47 mi	37.31 acres	-
Totier Creek Reservoir	Albemarle	17 mi	37.25 acres	-
Lake Albemarle	Albemarle	9 mi	37.07 acres	-
Lake Pocahontas	Spotsylvania	51 mi	36.96 acres	-
Lake Arrowhead	Page	43 mi	36.08 acres	-
Lake Shenandoah	Rockingham	31 mi	36.08 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 80 counted lakes within 60 miles of Charlottesville.

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.