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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.
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Landmarks and historic sites in Buena Vista include the 1890 Buena Vista Hotel (now Main Hall at SVU), [28] original Buena Vista Courthouse (now A.B. Modine Memorial Library), [29] Canton Chinese Restaurant [citation needed] and Glen Maury Park, [30] particularly the two-story wooden pavilion which provides 360 degree views of the surrounding ...
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At milepost marker 86 of the Blue Ridge Parkway stands the Peaks of Otter. Archaeological evidence under Abbott Lake indicates that Native Americans have been visiting the Peaks of Otter for at least 8,000 years for hunting, travel, and rest. European settlers started establishing the area in the mid-1700s.
Virginia Lakes refers to a basin of lakes in the Eastern Sierra Nevada in Mono County, California. [1] Virginia Lakes is located a few miles off U.S. Highway 395 ; the road to the lakes turns off U.S. 395 at Conway Summit , roughly halfway between Bridgeport, California , to the north and Lee Vining, California , to the south, in the Humboldt ...
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 ...
The oval, bowl-like valley (or "cove") is known for its fertile land and was once the bed of an ancient sea.About 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long and 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, it resembles a large asteroid impact or volcanic crater in satellite photographs and on topographic maps; however, it is actually a dome-shaped geologic up-warp that exposed older Ordovician aged limestone which is much more ...