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Mountain Lake is a freshwater lake located in Giles County near Newport, Virginia in the United States. Along with Lake Drummond in the Great Dismal Swamp, it is one of only two natural lakes in Virginia. It was originally known as Salt Pond, as it was where cattle were given salt. [1] The area is within the Mountain Lake Wilderness Cluster.
The lake reached its normal water level in March 1966. The lake covers 20,600 acres (83 km 2) and has over 500 miles (800 km) of shoreline. The north shore of the lake lies entirely in Bedford County. Located along the lake shore at Wirtz, Virginia is the Gwin Dudley Home Site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [4]
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation concluded the park was feasible, [11] and in 2009 it acquired an initial 332-acre (134 ha) tract adjoining North Carolina's park. [12] Virginia proposed merging the two parks together into an 'interstate park'; however, North Carolina declined, preferring a separate but cooperative approach ...
This is a list of lakes in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Virginia has two natural lakes, and several man-made lakes and reservoirs. [1] Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Elk Pond Mountain is a peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the border of Nelson and Rockbridge counties in Virginia. Elk Pond Mountain is flanked to the east by Maintop Mountain, and to the southwest by Rocky Mountain. Elk Pond Mountain stands within the watershed of the James River, which drains into Chesapeake Bay.
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Stuarts Draft includes several natural and man-made ponds. Lake Wilda is Green Pond is a naturally occurring high-elevation pond on the Big Levels Ridge. [20] It is five acres in size during the wet season. [20] The Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries constructed the Maple Flats Ponds in the late 1950s to serve migrating waterfowl ...
Douthat State Park is a state park located in the Allegheny Mountains in Virginia. It is in Bath County and Alleghany County. The park is 4,545 acres (18 km 2) [1] total with a 50-acre (20 ha) lake, making it the third-largest Virginia state park after Pocahontas State Park and Fairy Stone State Park. It is one of the original Virginia state ...