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1,652 feet (504 m) Summersville Lake is a reservoir located in the US state of West Virginia. The lake is formed by a rock-fill dam (Summersville Dam) on the Gauley River, south of Summersville in Nicholas County. It is the largest lake in West Virginia, with 2,700 acres (1,100 ha) of water and over 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline at the summer ...
The lake began when the ice dammed the valley near Pittsburgh. [2] The lake changed sizes as the ice front moved and as the volume of water changed. At its largest, it rose to 1,100 feet (340 m) above sea level. Eventually the water found a low divide near New Martinsville, West Virginia, creating an outlet to the south and west into the Teays ...
Entrance sign for Stonewall Resort along U.S. Route 19. Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park is a state park along the shores of Stonewall Jackson Lake, an impoundment on the West Fork River in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The lake is a project of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The original park was completed in 1990 and consisted ...
Initially developed as a state forest in 1926. One of West Virginia's first CCC camps was established here in 1933. The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it contains the 11-acre (4 ha) Watoga Lake. A historic district containing the park's 103 CCC resources is listed on the NRHP. [124] [196] [198] [199] Watters Smith Memorial
Big Ditch Lake. Bluestone Lake. Boley Lake. Brushy Fork Lake. Buffalo Creek Reservoir. Burnsville Lake. Cheat Lake. Conaway Run Lake. East Lynn Lake.
None. Trout Pond — formerly called Old Pond — located near Wardensville in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA, is the state's only natural lake. The small "lake" is situated in the Trout Pond Recreation Area (TPRA) of the George Washington National Forest. Formerly, the pond had fluctuated in surface area between 2 and 3 acres, but recently ...
Established. 1970 [2] Website. wvstateparks.com /park /little-beaver-state-park /. Little Beaver State Park is state park in Raleigh County, West Virginia. It is located near Beckley, West Virginia, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of I-64 at Grandview Road, exit 129A. The park sits on the shores of 18-acre (0.07 km 2) Little Beaver Lake.
1938. Named for. Tygart Lake on Tygart River. Governing body. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Website. wvstateparks.com /park /tygart-lake-state-park /. Tygart Lake State Park sits on 391 acres (1.58 km 2) [3] along the shores of Tygart Lake in Taylor County near Grafton, West Virginia, United States.