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Lake Anna is one of the largest freshwater inland reservoirs in Virginia, covering an area of 13,000 acres (53 km 2), and located 72 miles (116 km) south of Washington, D.C., in Louisa and Spotsylvania counties (and partially in Orange County at the northern tip). The lake is easily accessible from Fredericksburg, Richmond, Charlottesville ...
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 is located in northwestern Fluvanna County at (37.918286, -78.326803 It is bordered to the northwest by the Albemarle County line, to the northeast by the Rivanna River, to the south by Riverside Drive and South Boston Road, and to the southwest by Virginia State Route 53, the Thomas Jefferson Parkway. [5]
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]
Lake Gaston is roughly 35 miles (56 km) long and covers over 20,000 acres (81 km 2), with 350 miles (560 km) of shoreline. The area surrounding the lake is home to more than 150,000 residents. The nearest towns are Littleton and Roanoke Rapids in North Carolina, and Clarksville and South Hill in Virginia. The lake is not federally owned.
The Charlottesville City Council supported the portal by adopting an official city open data policy which they got from the advisory group. [1] A priority in establishing the portal was the protection of privacy of Charlottesville residents. [1] The portal opened with 72 datasets. [2] Of these, 65 were map related. [2]
A distinctive non-rhotic accent of the Old South was spoken in the Tidewater coastal region of Virginia. Commonly known as a Tidewater accent, it is best associated with upper-class white speakers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the actual islands of the Chesapeake themselves, a separate rhotic accent survives among the locals.
Lake Wateree is a 21-square-mile (50 km 2) reservoir in Kershaw, Fairfield, and Lancaster counties, South Carolina, in the United States. [2] Developed in 1919 by the damming of the Wateree River , it is one of South Carolina's oldest man-made lakes.