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Largest Lakes in Virginia

Ranked by surface area, from USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Flowages and reservoirs count here - size is size - and each is labeled in its own record.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	John H. Kerr Reservoir	Mecklenburg	44,895.08 acres	-
2	Smith Mountain Lake	Franklin	19,676.26 acres	-
3	Lake Anna	Louisa	12,672.74 acres	-
4	Claytor Lake	Pulaski	4,073.29 acres	-
5	Lake Drummond	Chesapeake	3,240.79 acres	-
6	Lake Chesdin	Chesterfield	3,018.71 acres	-
7	Philpott Lake	Patrick	2,814.82 acres	-
8	Leesville Lake	Bedford	2,629.69 acres	-
9	Lake Moomaw	Bath	2,403.27 acres	-
10	Swift Creek Reservoir	Chesterfield	1,507.1 acres	-
11	Occoquan Reservoir	Fairfax	1,302.49 acres	-
12	John W. Flannagan Reservoir	Dickenson	1,177.46 acres	-
13	Western Branch Reservoir	Suffolk	1,175.63 acres	-
14	Diascund Creek Reservoir	New Kent	1,055.34 acres	-
15	Little Creek Reservoir	James City	943.99 acres	-
16	Hicks Lake	Prince Edward	739.09 acres	-
17	Lake Prince	Suffolk	713.51 acres	-
18	Lake Manassas	Prince William	685.47 acres	-
19	Carvin Cove Reservoir	Botetourt	631.69 acres	-
20	Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir	Gloucester	631.33 acres	-
21	Lake Burnt Mills	Isle of Wight	568.16 acres	-
22	Lake Mooney	Stafford	494.13 acres	-
23	Lake of the Woods	Orange	491.74 acres	-
24	Lake Meade	Suffolk	489.97 acres	-
25	Lunga Reservoir	Stafford	477.16 acres	-
26	Ni River Reservoir	Spotsylvania	407.72 acres	-
27	South Fork Rivanna River Reservoir	Albemarle	398.87 acres	-
28	Lake Merriweather	Rockbridge	382.04 acres	-
29	Hunting Run Reservoir	Spotsylvania	379.15 acres	-
30	Lake Cohoon	Suffolk	370.68 acres	-
31	Laurel Bed Lake	Russell	359.54 acres	-
32	Lake Monticello	Fluvanna	334.33 acres	-
33	Nottoway Reservoir	Brunswick	318.95 acres	-
34	Beaverdam Reservoir	Loudoun	301.22 acres	-
35	Bath County Pumped Storage Lake	Bath	297.61 acres	-
36	Lake Caroline	Caroline	273.3 acres	-
37	Lake Louisa	Louisa	272.06 acres	-
38	Lake Tecumseh	Virginia Beach	268.11 acres	-
39	Fawn Lake	Spotsylvania	264.7 acres	-
40	Stumpy Lake	Virginia Beach	263.17 acres	-
41	Banister Lake	Halifax	261.93 acres	-
42	Harwoods Mill Reservoir	York	257.73 acres	-
43	Lake Culpeper	Culpeper	242.89 acres	-
44	Lake Holiday	Frederick	238.7 acres	-
45	Big Bethel Reservoir	Newport News	227.76 acres	-
46	Burke Lake	Fairfax	208.31 acres	-
47	Little Creek Reservoir	Virginia Beach	199.66 acres	-
48	Smith Lake	Stafford	197.39 acres	-
49	Lake Smith	Virginia Beach	184.88 acres	-
50	Northeast Creek Reservoir	Louisa	183.88 acres	-
51	Martinsville Reservoir	Henry	181.38 acres	-
52	Waller Mill Reservoir	York	176.43 acres	-
53	Gatewood Reservoir	Pulaski	176.19 acres	-
54	Abel Lake	Stafford	174.46 acres	-
55	Sunken Meadow Pond	Surry	172.89 acres	-
56	Avery Millpond	Surry	169 acres	-
57	Lake Lee	Nottoway	161.11 acres	-
58	Brunswick County Pond	Brunswick	160.3 acres	-
59	Talbott Reservoir	Patrick	140.36 acres	-
60	Island Creek Reservoir	Mecklenburg	138.13 acres	-
61	Motts Run Reservoir	Spotsylvania	137.14 acres	-
62	Kent Lake	New Kent	136.16 acres	-
63	Lake Barcroft	Fairfax	133.68 acres	-
64	Slagles Lake	Greensville	130.47 acres	-
65	Fairy Stone Lake	Patrick	129.98 acres	-
66	Bigler Millpond	York	129.24 acres	-
67	Lake Orange	Orange	125.04 acres	-
68	Ruffins Pond	Spotsylvania	123.31 acres	-
69	Lake Maury	Newport News	121.7 acres	-
70	Nash Road Lake	Chesterfield	121.33 acres	-
71	Airfield Pond	Sussex	120.09 acres	-
72	Lynchburg Reservoir	Amherst	117.87 acres	-
73	North Fork of Pound Lake	Wise	116.63 acres	-
74	Holiday Lake	Appomattox	113.17 acres	-
75	Lees Millpond	Prince George	111.94 acres	-
76	Swift Creek Lake	Chesterfield	107.77 acres	-
77	Elkhorn Lake	Pittsylvania	107.49 acres	-
78	Germantown Lake	Fauquier	106.23 acres	-
79	Lake Gordon	Mecklenburg	106.01 acres	-
80	Big Cherry Reservoir	Scott	104.22 acres	-
81	Lake Montclair	Prince William	103.54 acres	-
82	Hungry Mother Lake	Smyth	103.29 acres	-
83	Conner Lake	Halifax	101.81 acres	-
84	Dover Lake	Goochland	101.42 acres	-
85	Olssons Pond	King William	100.82 acres	-
86	Sleeter Lake	Loudoun	100.57 acres	-
87	Skidmore Fork Lake	Rockingham	99.54 acres	-
88	Lake Redwing	Virginia Beach	99.09 acres	-
89	Amelia Lake	Amelia	98.35 acres	-
90	Lake Keokee	Lee	96.21 acres	-
91	Lake Tormentor	Isle of Wight	95.71 acres	-
92	Beaver Creek Reservoir	Albemarle	95.59 acres	-
93	Lake James	Virginia Beach	95.35 acres	-
94	Swans Lake	Cumberland	93.9 acres	-
95	Lake Independence	Westmoreland	92.66 acres	-
96	Johnson Millpond	Southampton	91.18 acres	-
97	Lake Landor	Caroline	90.44 acres	-
98	Meherrin River Reservoir	Greensville	89.13 acres	-
99	Pond B-2	Isle of Wight	86.98 acres	-
100	Cheatham Pond	York	86.3 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 329 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Virginia page, for the full inventory.

Source: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.