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Lake Anna is approximately 17 miles (27 km) long from tip to tip, with 200 miles (320 km) of shoreline. [3] The lake is divided into two sides by three stone dikes. The public side (also known as the "cold" side) is roughly 9,000 acres (36 km 2 ), while the private side (known as the "warm" side) is roughly 4,000 acres (16 km 2 ).
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.
Lake Monticello, a private gated community, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States. The population was 10,126 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] The community is centered on a man-made lake of the same name, which is formed by a dam on a short tributary of the nearby Rivanna River .
The community is 4 miles (6 km) south of Stanardsville, the Greene County seat, and 21 miles (34 km) north of Charlottesville. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Twin Lakes CDP has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km 2), of which 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km 2), or 7.28%, are water. [1]
Blue Ridge Shores is a census-designated place (CDP) in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 801. [2] It was built beginning in 1960 as a resort community around Lake Louisa.
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Development first responded by converting a segregated African-American/"Colored Only" recreation area into a state park facility: the "Prince Edward State Park for Negroes" (now the Twin Lakes State Park). In 1949, Virginia Governor William Tuck allotted $195,000 to create 6 housekeeping cabins, an ...
The John H. Kerr Reservoir (often called Kerr Lake in North Carolina and Bugg's Island Lake in Virginia) [1] is a reservoir along the border of the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the John H. Kerr Dam across the Roanoke River between 1947 and 1952 to produce hydroelectricity as well as ...
Several theories exist about the lake's origin. Some postulate that it was created by a large underground peat fire 3,500–6,000 years ago. Native American legends speak of "the fire bird" creating Lake Drummond. [1] Other theories include a meteorite impact and a tectonic shift. Lake Drummond is one of only two natural freshwater lakes in ...