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Lakes Near Richmond, Virginia

177 counted Virginia lakes sit within 60 miles of Richmond - 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	41 mi	12,672.74 acres	-
Lake Chesdin	Chesterfield	22 mi	3,018.71 acres	-
Swift Creek Reservoir	Chesterfield	15 mi	1,507.1 acres	-
Diascund Creek Reservoir	New Kent	30 mi	1,055.34 acres	-
Little Creek Reservoir	James City	35 mi	943.99 acres	-
Hicks Lake	Prince Edward	52 mi	739.09 acres	-
Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir	Gloucester	49 mi	631.33 acres	-
Lake Mooney	Stafford	56 mi	494.13 acres	-
Lake of the Woods	Orange	58 mi	491.74 acres	-
Ni River Reservoir	Spotsylvania	50 mi	407.72 acres	-
Hunting Run Reservoir	Spotsylvania	57 mi	379.15 acres	-
Lake Monticello	Fluvanna	55 mi	334.33 acres	-
Nottoway Reservoir	Brunswick	48 mi	318.95 acres	-
Lake Caroline	Caroline	31 mi	273.3 acres	-
Lake Louisa	Louisa	51 mi	272.06 acres	-
Fawn Lake	Spotsylvania	52 mi	264.7 acres	-
Harwoods Mill Reservoir	York	60 mi	257.73 acres	-
Northeast Creek Reservoir	Louisa	41 mi	183.88 acres	-
Waller Mill Reservoir	York	43 mi	176.43 acres	-
Abel Lake	Stafford	59 mi	174.46 acres	-
Sunken Meadow Pond	Surry	35 mi	172.89 acres	-
Avery Millpond	Surry	34 mi	169 acres	-
Lake Lee	Nottoway	40 mi	161.11 acres	-
Brunswick County Pond	Brunswick	54 mi	160.3 acres	-
Motts Run Reservoir	Spotsylvania	54 mi	137.14 acres	-
Kent Lake	New Kent	17 mi	136.16 acres	-
Slagles Lake	Greensville	54 mi	130.47 acres	-
Bigler Millpond	York	46 mi	129.24 acres	-
Lake Orange	Orange	57 mi	125.04 acres	-
Ruffins Pond	Spotsylvania	48 mi	123.31 acres	-
Nash Road Lake	Chesterfield	14 mi	121.33 acres	-
Airfield Pond	Sussex	49 mi	120.09 acres	-
Lees Millpond	Prince George	30 mi	111.94 acres	-
Swift Creek Lake	Chesterfield	13 mi	107.77 acres	-
Dover Lake	Goochland	18 mi	101.42 acres	-
Olssons Pond	King William	33 mi	100.82 acres	-
Amelia Lake	Amelia	27 mi	98.35 acres	-
Lake Tormentor	Isle of Wight	58 mi	95.71 acres	-
Swans Lake	Cumberland	45 mi	93.9 acres	-
Lake Independence	Westmoreland	56 mi	92.66 acres	-
Johnson Millpond	Southampton	57 mi	91.18 acres	-
Lake Landor	Caroline	34 mi	90.44 acres	-
Meherrin River Reservoir	Greensville	59 mi	89.13 acres	-
Cheatham Pond	York	48 mi	86.3 acres	-
Gouldman Pond	Caroline	46 mi	84.61 acres	-
Nebletts Millpond	Sussex	39 mi	84.26 acres	-
Jordon Lake	Dinwiddie	27 mi	83.81 acres	-
Cohoke Millpond	King William	27 mi	83.77 acres	-
Old Forge Pond	New Kent	22 mi	81.54 acres	-
Wheelers Pond	Dinwiddie	31 mi	79.57 acres	-
Elliots Pond	Caroline	35 mi	77.34 acres	-
Lake Gordonsville	Louisa	57 mi	77.34 acres	-
Skiffs Creek Reservoir	James City	52 mi	75.79 acres	-
Trice Lake	Cumberland	42 mi	74.69 acres	-
Davis Pond	New Kent	33 mi	70.18 acres	-
White Lake	Caroline	38 mi	69.93 acres	-
Beaver Pond	Amelia	30 mi	69.19 acres	-
Queens Lake	York	46 mi	68.7 acres	-
Honey Pond	Sussex	47 mi	67.71 acres	-
Tates Pond	Chesterfield	23 mi	67.11 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 177 counted lakes within 60 miles of Richmond.

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