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Lakes Near Virginia Beach, Virginia

70 counted Virginia lakes sit within 60 miles of Virginia Beach - 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	32 mi	3,240.79 acres	-
Western Branch Reservoir	Suffolk	35 mi	1,175.63 acres	-
Little Creek Reservoir	James City	59 mi	943.99 acres	-
Lake Prince	Suffolk	37 mi	713.51 acres	-
Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir	Gloucester	52 mi	631.33 acres	-
Lake Burnt Mills	Isle of Wight	37 mi	568.16 acres	-
Lake Meade	Suffolk	35 mi	489.97 acres	-
Lake Cohoon	Suffolk	38 mi	370.68 acres	-
Lake Tecumseh	Virginia Beach	6 mi	268.11 acres	-
Stumpy Lake	Virginia Beach	11 mi	263.17 acres	-
Harwoods Mill Reservoir	York	34 mi	257.73 acres	-
Big Bethel Reservoir	Newport News	30 mi	227.76 acres	-
Little Creek Reservoir	Virginia Beach	11 mi	199.66 acres	-
Lake Smith	Virginia Beach	10 mi	184.88 acres	-
Waller Mill Reservoir	York	51 mi	176.43 acres	-
Sunken Meadow Pond	Surry	59 mi	172.89 acres	-
Bigler Millpond	York	50 mi	129.24 acres	-
Lake Maury	Newport News	31 mi	121.7 acres	-
Airfield Pond	Sussex	58 mi	120.09 acres	-
Lake Redwing	Virginia Beach	4 mi	99.09 acres	-
Lake Tormentor	Isle of Wight	37 mi	95.71 acres	-
Lake James	Virginia Beach	12 mi	95.35 acres	-
Johnson Millpond	Southampton	56 mi	91.18 acres	-
Pond B-2	Isle of Wight	53 mi	86.98 acres	-
Cheatham Pond	York	47 mi	86.3 acres	-
Lake Cavalier	Portsmouth	22 mi	79.36 acres	-
Skiffs Creek Reservoir	James City	41 mi	75.79 acres	-
Lake Joyce	Virginia Beach	9 mi	73.63 acres	-
Lake Kilby	Suffolk	36 mi	70.41 acres	-
Queens Lake	York	48 mi	68.7 acres	-
Cow Creek Pond	Gloucester	49 mi	65.99 acres	-
Colgate Darden Millpond	Southampton	57 mi	60.74 acres	-
Lake Whitehurst	Norfolk	12 mi	60.29 acres	-
Nayses Bay	James City	56 mi	58.32 acres	-
Whitefields Millpond	Southampton	55 mi	55.6 acres	-
Speights Run Reservoir	Suffolk	37 mi	55.13 acres	-
Eustis Lake	Newport News	40 mi	51.65 acres	-
Jones Millpond	York	47 mi	50.9 acres	-
Burke Pond	Gloucester	51 mi	50.66 acres	-
City Reservoir	Newport News	39 mi	49.92 acres	-
Penniman Lake	York	45 mi	49.67 acres	-
Beaverdam Pond	York	49 mi	49.42 acres	-
Sleepy Lake	Suffolk	29 mi	47.2 acres	-
Haynes Pond	Gloucester	47 mi	46.95 acres	-
Barlows Pond	York	54 mi	45.96 acres	-
Spring Hill Pond	Sussex	58 mi	45.56 acres	-
Lake Christopher	Virginia Beach	12 mi	45.22 acres	-
Cedar Lake	Suffolk	31 mi	44.43 acres	-
Sandy Bay	James City	51 mi	43.24 acres	-
Matoaka Lake	Williamsburg	50 mi	41.76 acres	-
Freemans Millpond	Sussex	54 mi	41.02 acres	-
Jolly Pond	James City	56 mi	40.77 acres	-
Rountree South Pond	Suffolk	33 mi	40.76 acres	-
Brittles Millpond	Sussex	58 mi	40.28 acres	-
Rhine River	James City	45 mi	38.06 acres	-
Woodberry Farm Pond	Gloucester	49 mi	35.09 acres	-
Great Neck Lake	Virginia Beach	4 mi	32.01 acres	-
Warehams Pond	James City	46 mi	31.38 acres	-
Cranstons Pond	James City	57 mi	31.14 acres	-
Skiffes Creek Reservoir	James City	42 mi	31.14 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 70 counted lakes within 60 miles of Virginia Beach.

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