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Lakes Near Norfolk, Virginia

91 counted Virginia lakes sit within 60 miles of Norfolk - the largest is Lake Drummond at 3,240.79 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Lake Drummond	Chesapeake	20 mi	3,240.79 acres	-
Western Branch Reservoir	Suffolk	18 mi	1,175.63 acres	-
Diascund Creek Reservoir	New Kent	53 mi	1,055.34 acres	-
Little Creek Reservoir	James City	46 mi	943.99 acres	-
Lake Prince	Suffolk	20 mi	713.51 acres	-
Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir	Gloucester	44 mi	631.33 acres	-
Lake Burnt Mills	Isle of Wight	20 mi	568.16 acres	-
Lake Meade	Suffolk	19 mi	489.97 acres	-
Lake Cohoon	Suffolk	21 mi	370.68 acres	-
Lake Tecumseh	Virginia Beach	19 mi	268.11 acres	-
Stumpy Lake	Virginia Beach	10 mi	263.17 acres	-
Harwoods Mill Reservoir	York	23 mi	257.73 acres	-
Big Bethel Reservoir	Newport News	19 mi	227.76 acres	-
Little Creek Reservoir	Virginia Beach	7 mi	199.66 acres	-
Lake Smith	Virginia Beach	8 mi	184.88 acres	-
Waller Mill Reservoir	York	39 mi	176.43 acres	-
Sunken Meadow Pond	Surry	44 mi	172.89 acres	-
Avery Millpond	Surry	49 mi	169 acres	-
Bigler Millpond	York	39 mi	129.24 acres	-
Lake Maury	Newport News	18 mi	121.7 acres	-
Airfield Pond	Sussex	41 mi	120.09 acres	-
Olssons Pond	King William	58 mi	100.82 acres	-
Lake Redwing	Virginia Beach	18 mi	99.09 acres	-
Lake Tormentor	Isle of Wight	22 mi	95.71 acres	-
Lake James	Virginia Beach	7 mi	95.35 acres	-
Johnson Millpond	Southampton	39 mi	91.18 acres	-
Pond B-2	Isle of Wight	37 mi	86.98 acres	-
Cheatham Pond	York	36 mi	86.3 acres	-
Nebletts Millpond	Sussex	53 mi	84.26 acres	-
Old Forge Pond	New Kent	59 mi	81.54 acres	-
Lake Cavalier	Portsmouth	6 mi	79.36 acres	-
Skiffs Creek Reservoir	James City	30 mi	75.79 acres	-
Lake Joyce	Virginia Beach	10 mi	73.63 acres	-
Darden Pond	Southampton	48 mi	71.17 acres	-
Lake Kilby	Suffolk	20 mi	70.41 acres	-
Davis Pond	New Kent	55 mi	70.18 acres	-
Queens Lake	York	37 mi	68.7 acres	-
Honey Pond	Sussex	52 mi	67.71 acres	-
Cow Creek Pond	Gloucester	42 mi	65.99 acres	-
Corbin Pond	King and Queen	57 mi	64 acres	-
Colgate Darden Millpond	Southampton	41 mi	60.74 acres	-
Lake Whitehurst	Norfolk	6 mi	60.29 acres	-
Nayses Bay	James City	43 mi	58.32 acres	-
Whitefields Millpond	Southampton	38 mi	55.6 acres	-
Speights Run Reservoir	Suffolk	21 mi	55.13 acres	-
Eustis Lake	Newport News	28 mi	51.65 acres	-
Jones Millpond	York	35 mi	50.9 acres	-
Burke Pond	Gloucester	45 mi	50.66 acres	-
Goddins Pond	New Kent	52 mi	50.16 acres	-
City Reservoir	Newport News	27 mi	49.92 acres	-
Penniman Lake	York	34 mi	49.67 acres	-
Beaverdam Pond	York	38 mi	49.42 acres	-
Sleepy Lake	Suffolk	13 mi	47.2 acres	-
Haynes Pond	Gloucester	38 mi	46.95 acres	-
Barlows Pond	York	43 mi	45.96 acres	-
Spring Hill Pond	Sussex	41 mi	45.56 acres	-
Lake Christopher	Virginia Beach	8 mi	45.22 acres	-
Cedar Lake	Suffolk	15 mi	44.43 acres	-
Hilliard Pond	Middlesex	59 mi	43.25 acres	-
Sandy Bay	James City	37 mi	43.24 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 91 counted lakes within 60 miles of Norfolk.

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