Virginia A to Z

Virginia lake, river, bay, locality, town and species pages in one list.

Photo of Kerr Lake: Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0

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Every Virginia lake, reservoir, river, trout stream, bay, inlet, county, independent city, town and fish page here, alphabetical within each group. Boat ramps, piers, reefs and bait shops have their own directories off the reference pages.

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A to Z

Virginia lakes (155)

  • Abbott Lake24 acres
  • Abel Reservoir185 acres
  • Albemarle Lake35 acres
  • Amelia Lake100 acres
  • Arrowhead Lake39 acres
  • Back Bay25,000 acres
  • Banister Lake400 acres
  • Bark Camp Lake61 acres
  • Bath County Recreation Ponds45 acres
  • Bealers Ferry Pond8 acres
  • Bear Creek Lake42 acres
  • Beartree Lake10 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Beaver Creek Reservoir104 acres
  • Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir635 acres
  • Braley Pond4 acres
  • Briery Branch Lake9 acres
  • Briery Creek Lake845 acres
  • Brunswick Lake150 acres
  • Bryan Park5 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Reservoir)48,900 acres
  • Burke Lake218 acres
  • Burnt Mills Reservoir711 acres
  • Byllesby Lake163 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Cave Mountain Lake2 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Chandler’s Mill Pond75 acres
  • Chickahominy Lake1,230 acres
  • Chris Greene Reservoir62 acres
  • Claytor Lake4,363 acres
  • Clearbrook Lake3 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Clifton Forge Reservoir9 acres
  • Cook Lake3 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Crump Park Pond2 acres
  • Deep Run Park Ponds2 acres
  • Diascund Reservoir1,110 acres
  • Dorey Park Lake5 acres
  • Douthat Lake50 acres
  • Echo Lake12 acres
  • Elkhorn Lake54 acres
  • Emporia Reservoir210 acres
  • Fairfax Lake28 acres
  • Fairy Stone Lake168 acres
  • Flannagan Reservoir1,143 acres
  • Fluvanna Ruritan50 acres
  • Fort A.P. Hill Ponds and Lakes90 acres
  • Fort Pickett Lakes384 acres
  • Franklin County Park Pond2 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Gardy’s Millpond75 acres
  • Gatewood Reservoir162 acres
  • Germantown Lake109 acres
  • Great Creek Watershed Lake212 acres
  • Hales Lake3 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Harrison Lake82 acres
  • Harwood’s Mill Reservoir265 acres
  • Hearthstone Lake7 acres
  • Hidden Valley Lake61 acres
  • Holliday Lake145 acres
  • Hone Quarry6 acres
  • Horsepen Lake19 acres
  • Hungry Mother Lake108 acres
  • Hunting Run Reservoir420 acres
  • James River State Park Lakes1,440 acres
  • Lake Airfield115 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Lake Anna9,600 acres
  • Lake Biggins60 acres
  • Lake Brittle77 acres
  • Lake Burton76 acres
  • Lake Chesdin3,100 acres
  • Lake Cohoon510 acres
  • Lake Conner100 acres
  • Lake Culpeper255 acres
  • Lake Curtis91 acres
  • Lake Drummond3,142 acres
  • Lake Frederick117 acres
  • Lake Gaston20,300 acres
  • Lake Gordon157 acres
  • Lake Gordonsville (Bowler’s Mill)75 acres
  • Lake Keokee92 acres
  • Lake Kilby222 acres
  • Lake Laura44 acres
  • Lake Meade512 acres
  • Lake Moomaw2,530 acres
  • Lake Mooney520 acres
  • Lake Nelson40 acres
  • Lake Orange124 acres
  • Lake Prince946 acres
  • Lake Robertson31 acres
  • Lake Shenandoah36 acres
  • Lake Tams1 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Lake Thompson10 acres
  • Lake Whitehurst838 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Lake Witten52 acres
  • Lakeview Reservoir42 acres
  • Laurel Bed Lake330 acres
  • Lee Hall Reservoir230 acres
  • Leesville Reservoir3,400 acres
  • Liberty Lake2 acres
  • Lincolnshire Lake29 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Little Creek Reservoir20 acres
  • Locust Shade Park3 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Lone Star Lakes50 acres
  • Lovill’s Creek Lake55 acres
  • Martinsville Reservoir175 acres
  • Mill Creek Reservoir189 acres
  • Mint Springs4 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Modest Creek Lake29 acres
  • Motts Run Reservoir160 acres
  • Mountain Run75 acres
  • Ni Reservoir411 acres
  • North Fork Pound Reservoir154 acres
  • Northeast Creek Reservoir187 acres
  • Northwest River Park Lake0 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Nottoway Falls Lake60 acres
  • Nottoway Lake188 acres
  • Occoquan Reservoir2,100 acres
  • Old Cossey Pond3 acres
  • Otter Lake7 acres
  • Pandapas Pond8 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Phelps Pond4 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Philpott Lake2,880 acres
  • Powhatan Lakes66 acres
  • Powhatan Ponds40 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Ragged Mountain Reservoir170 acres
  • Rivanna Reservoir450 acres
  • Rural Retreat Lake90 acres
  • Sandy Bottom Park Pond465 acres
  • Sandy River Reservoir740 acres
  • Sherando Lakes20 acres
  • Shields Lake7 acres
  • Silver Lake23 acres
  • Skidmore Reservoir118 acres
  • Slate Lick Lake10 acres
  • Slate River Reservoir38 acres
  • Sleeter Lake101 acres
  • Smith Mountain Lake20,600 acres
  • South Holston Reservoir7,580 acres
  • Speight’s Run197 acres
  • Staunton Run15 acres
  • Stonehouse Lake41 acres
  • Sugar Hollow47 acres
  • Swan Lake13 acres
  • Swift Creek Lake156 acres
  • Thrasher Lake36 acres
  • Three Lakes Park7 acres
  • Todd Lake5 acres
  • Tomahawk Pond2 acres
  • Totier Creek Reservoir66 acres
  • Trashmore Lake52 acres
  • Waller Mill Reservoir360 acres
  • Walnut Creek45 acres
  • Western Branch Reservoir1,265 acres
  • Wilck’s Lake30 acres
  • Wilcox Lake26 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Wilkins Lake3 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Woodrow Wilson Pond2 acres (DWR outline area)
  • Woodstock Pond8 acres
A to Z

Virginia rivers and creeks (144)

  • Accotink Creek
  • Appomattox River
  • Ararat River
  • Back Creek
  • Barbours Creek
  • Big Brumley Creek
  • Big Cedar Creek
  • Big Moccasin Creek
  • Big Stony Creek
  • Big Tumbling Creek (Clinch Fee Fishing Area)
  • Big Wilson Creek
  • Blackwater River
  • Buffalo Creek
  • Bullpasture River
  • Chestnut Creek
  • Chickahominy River
  • Clarks Creek
  • Clear Creek
  • Clinch River
  • Comers Creek
  • Cowpasture River
  • Craig Creek
  • Cranesnest River
  • Cressy Creek
  • Cripple Creek
  • Crooked Creek
  • Cub Run
  • Dan River
  • Davis Mill Creek
  • Dickey Creek
  • Dismal Creek
  • Dry River
  • Elk Creek
  • Falls Hollow
  • Frying Pan Creek
  • Glade Creek
  • Goose Creek
  • Happy Creek
  • Hardy Creek
  • Hawksbill Creek
  • Hazel River
  • Helton Creek
  • Hogue Creek
  • Holliday Creek
  • Holmes Run
  • Hone Quarry Run
  • Hughes River
  • Hurricane Creek
  • Indian Creek
  • Irish Creek
  • Jackson River
  • James River (Upper and Middle)
  • Jennings Creek
  • Laurel Creek
  • Laurel Fork
  • Laurel Fork Creek
  • Levisa Fork
  • Lick Creek
  • Little Back Creek
  • Little Indian Creek
  • Little Irish Creek
  • Little Reed Island Creek
  • Little River
  • Little Stony Creek (Scott County)
  • Little Stony Creek (Shenandoah County)
  • Little Tumbling Creek
  • Lovills Creek
  • Mattaponi River
  • Maury River
  • McFalls Creek
  • Meherrin River
  • Middle Fork Holston River
  • Mills Creek
  • Mira Fork
  • Moormans River
  • Mossy Creek
  • Muddy Run
  • New River
  • North Creek
  • North Fork Holston River
  • North Fork Powell River
  • North Fork Shenandoah River
  • North River
  • Nottoway River
  • Paddy Run
  • Pads Creek
  • Pamunkey River
  • Passage Creek
  • Peters Mill Run
  • Pigg River
  • Piney River
  • Poorhouse Creek
  • Potts Creek
  • Pound River
  • Pounding Mill Creek
  • Poverty Creek
  • Powell River
  • Rapidan River (Madison County)
  • Rapidan River (Trout Section)
  • Reed Creek
  • Rivanna River
  • Roanoke River
  • Roaring Fork
  • Roaring Run
  • Robinson River
  • Rocky Row Run
  • Rose River
  • Round Meadow Creek
  • Runnett Bag Creek
  • Rush Fork
  • Russell Fork River
  • Shenandoah River
  • Slate Lick Run
  • Smith Creek
  • Smith River
  • Snake Creek
  • South Fork Holston River
  • South Fork Powell River
  • South Fork Shenandoah River
  • South River
  • South Rockfish River
  • Spring Run
  • St. Marys River
  • Staley Creek
  • Staunton River
  • Stewarts Creek
  • Stock Creek
  • Stony Creek
  • Straight Branch
  • Swift Run
  • Tennessee Laurel
  • Tidal James River
  • Tidal Rappahannock River
  • Tinker Creek
  • Toms Creek
  • Tye River
  • Upper Rappahannock River
  • Valley Creek
  • West Fork Little River
  • West Fork Reed Creek
  • Whitetop Laurel
  • Wilson Creek
  • Wolf Creek (Bland County)
  • Wolf Creek (Giles County)
A to Z

Virginia counties (133)

  • Accomack County
  • Albemarle County
  • Alleghany County
  • Amelia County
  • Amherst County
  • Appomattox County
  • Arlington County
  • Augusta County
  • Bath County
  • Bedford County
  • Bland County
  • Botetourt County
  • Brunswick County
  • Buchanan County
  • Buckingham County
  • Campbell County
  • Caroline County
  • Carroll County
  • Charles City County
  • Charlotte County
  • Chesterfield County
  • City of Alexandria
  • City of Bristol
  • City of Buena Vista
  • City of Charlottesville
  • City of Chesapeake
  • City of Colonial Heights
  • City of Covington
  • City of Danville
  • City of Emporia
  • City of Fairfax
  • City of Falls Church
  • City of Franklin
  • City of Fredericksburg
  • City of Galax
  • City of Hampton
  • City of Harrisonburg
  • City of Hopewell
  • City of Lexington
  • City of Lynchburg
  • City of Manassas
  • City of Manassas Park
  • City of Martinsville
  • City of Newport News
  • City of Norfolk
  • City of Norton
  • City of Petersburg
  • City of Poquoson
  • City of Portsmouth
  • City of Radford
  • City of Richmond
  • City of Roanoke
  • City of Salem
  • City of Staunton
  • City of Suffolk
  • City of Virginia Beach
  • City of Waynesboro
  • City of Williamsburg
  • City of Winchester
  • Clarke County
  • Craig County
  • Culpeper County
  • Cumberland County
  • Dickenson County
  • Dinwiddie County
  • Essex County
  • Fairfax County
  • Fauquier County
  • Floyd County
  • Fluvanna County
  • Franklin County
  • Frederick County
  • Giles County
  • Gloucester County
  • Goochland County
  • Grayson County
  • Greene County
  • Greensville County
  • Halifax County
  • Hanover County
  • Henrico County
  • Henry County
  • Highland County
  • Isle of Wight County
  • James City County
  • King and Queen County
  • King George County
  • King William County
  • Lancaster County
  • Lee County
  • Loudoun County
  • Louisa County
  • Lunenburg County
  • Madison County
  • Mathews County
  • Mecklenburg County
  • Middlesex County
  • Montgomery County
  • Nelson County
  • New Kent County
  • Northampton County
  • Northumberland County
  • Nottoway County
  • Orange County
  • Page County
  • Patrick County
  • Pittsylvania County
  • Powhatan County
  • Prince Edward County
  • Prince George County
  • Prince William County
  • Pulaski County
  • Rappahannock County
  • Richmond County
  • Roanoke County
  • Rockbridge County
  • Rockingham County
  • Russell County
  • Scott County
  • Shenandoah County
  • Smyth County
  • Southampton County
  • Spotsylvania County
  • Stafford County
  • Surry County
  • Sussex County
  • Tazewell County
  • Warren County
  • Washington County
  • Westmoreland County
  • Wise County
  • Wythe County
  • York County
A to Z

Virginia towns (305)

  • Abingdon
  • Alexandria
  • Altavista
  • Amherst
  • Annandale
  • Appalachia
  • Appomattox
  • Aquia Harbour
  • Arlington
  • Ashburn
  • Ashland
  • Bailey's Crossroads
  • Bealeton
  • Bedford
  • Belle Haven
  • Bellwood
  • Belmont
  • Bensley
  • Berryville
  • Bethel Manor
  • Big Stone Gap
  • Blacksburg
  • Blackstone
  • Blue Ridge
  • Bluefield
  • Bon Air
  • Bowling Green
  • Braddock
  • Brambleton
  • Brandermill
  • Bridgewater
  • Bristol
  • Broadlands
  • Broadway
  • Brookneal
  • Buchanan
  • Buckhall
  • Buena Vista
  • Bull Run (Fairfax County)
  • Bull Run (Prince William County)
  • Burke
  • Burke Centre
  • Cape Charles
  • Carrollton
  • Cascades
  • Cave Spring
  • Cedar Bluff
  • Centreville
  • Chamberlayne
  • Chantilly
  • Charlottesville
  • Chase City
  • Chatham
  • Cherry Hill
  • Chesapeake
  • Chester
  • Chilhowie
  • Chincoteague
  • Christiansburg
  • Clarksville
  • Clifton Forge
  • Clintwood
  • Cloverdale
  • Coeburn
  • Collinsville
  • Colonial Beach
  • Colonial Heights
  • Countryside
  • County Center
  • Courtland
  • Covington
  • Crewe
  • Crosspointe
  • Crozet
  • Culpeper
  • Dahlgren
  • Dale City
  • Daleville
  • Danville
  • Dayton
  • Difficult Run
  • Dranesville
  • Dublin
  • Dulles Town Center
  • Dumbarton
  • Dumfries
  • Dunn Loring
  • East Highland Park
  • Edinburg
  • Elkton
  • Emporia
  • Enon
  • Ettrick
  • Exmore
  • Fair Lakes
  • Fair Oaks
  • Fairfax
  • Fairfax Station
  • Falls Church
  • Falmouth
  • Farmville
  • Fishersville
  • Floris
  • Forest
  • Fort Belvoir
  • Fort Hunt
  • Fort Lee
  • Franconia
  • Franklin
  • Franklin Farm
  • Fredericksburg
  • Front Royal
  • Gainesville
  • Galax
  • Gate City
  • George Mason
  • Glade Spring
  • Glasgow
  • Glen Allen
  • Gloucester Courthouse
  • Gloucester Point
  • Gordonsville
  • Great Falls
  • Greenbriar
  • Gretna
  • Grottoes
  • Groveton
  • Halifax
  • Hampton
  • Harrisonburg
  • Hayfield
  • Haymarket
  • Herndon
  • Highland Springs
  • Hillsville
  • Hollins
  • Hollymead
  • Honaker
  • Hopewell
  • Huntington
  • Hurt
  • Hutchison
  • Hybla Valley
  • Idylwood
  • Independence
  • Independent Hill
  • Innsbrook
  • Kenbridge
  • Kilmarnock
  • King George
  • Kings Park
  • Kings Park West
  • Kingstowne
  • Lake Barcroft
  • Lake Caroline
  • Lake Land'Or
  • Lake Monticello
  • Lake of the Woods
  • Lake Ridge
  • Lake Wilderness
  • Lakeside
  • Lansdowne
  • Laurel
  • Laurel Hill
  • Lawrenceville
  • Lebanon
  • Leesburg
  • Leesylvania
  • Lexington
  • Lincolnia
  • Linton Hall
  • Loch Lomond
  • Long Branch
  • Lorton
  • Loudoun Valley Estates
  • Louisa
  • Lovettsville
  • Lowes Island
  • Luray
  • Lynchburg
  • Madison Heights
  • Manassas
  • Manassas Park
  • Manchester
  • Mantua
  • Marion
  • Martinsville
  • Massanetta Springs
  • Matoaca
  • McLean
  • McNair
  • Meadowbrook
  • Mechanicsville
  • Merrifield
  • Merrimac
  • Middletown
  • Midlothian
  • Montclair
  • Montrose
  • Moorefield
  • Mount Hermon
  • Mount Jackson
  • Mount Vernon
  • Narrows
  • Navy
  • New Baltimore
  • New Market
  • Newington
  • Newington Forest
  • Newport News
  • Norfolk
  • North Shore
  • North Springfield
  • Norton
  • Oakton
  • Occoquan
  • Onancock
  • Orange
  • Pantops
  • Pearisburg
  • Pembroke
  • Pennington Gap
  • Petersburg
  • Pimmit Hills
  • Poquoson
  • Portsmouth
  • Potomac Mills
  • Pulaski
  • Purcellville
  • Quantico Base
  • Radford
  • Ravensworth
  • Reston
  • Richlands
  • Richmond
  • Roanoke
  • Rockwood
  • Rocky Mount
  • Rose Hill
  • Rural Retreat
  • Salem
  • Saltville
  • Sandston
  • Seven Corners
  • Shenandoah
  • Shenandoah Farms
  • Short Pump
  • Smithfield
  • South Boston
  • South Hill
  • South Riding
  • South Run
  • Southern Gateway
  • Spotsylvania Courthouse
  • Springfield
  • Stafford Courthouse
  • Stanley
  • Staunton
  • Stephens City
  • Sterling
  • Stone Ridge
  • Strasburg
  • Stuart
  • Stuarts Draft
  • Sudley
  • Suffolk
  • Sugarland Run
  • Tappahannock
  • Tazewell
  • Timberlake
  • Timberville
  • Triangle
  • Tuckahoe
  • Tysons
  • Union Mill
  • University Center
  • University of Virginia
  • Verona
  • Victoria
  • Vienna
  • Vinton
  • Virginia Beach
  • Wakefield
  • Warrenton
  • Warsaw
  • Waverly
  • Waynesboro
  • Weber City
  • West Falls Church
  • West Point
  • West Springfield
  • Weyers Cave
  • Williamsburg
  • Winchester
  • Windsor
  • Wise
  • Wolf Trap
  • Woodbridge
  • Woodburn
  • Woodlake
  • Woodlawn
  • Woodstock
  • Wyndham
  • Wytheville
  • Yorkshire
Photos

Lake, river and tidewater scenes for Virginia A to Z

Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Reservoir), Virginia
Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Reservoir)
Photo: ted, CC BY 2.0
Claytor Lake, Virginia
Claytor Lake
Photo: Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0
Flannagan Reservoir, Virginia
Flannagan Reservoir
Photo: Jason Riedy, CC BY 2.0
Clinch River, Virginia
Clinch River
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region, Public domain
Answers

Using the Virginia A to Z list

What does the Virginia A to Z page gather?

Every lake, reservoir, river, trout stream, coast page, county, independent city, town and fish page for Virginia, in one list.

In what order is the Virginia list?

Lakes, then the Chesapeake Bay and coast, rivers and streams, counties and cities, towns and fish; names are alphabetical within each.

Where are ramps, piers and shops?

In their own directories: boat ramps, fishing piers, artificial reefs and bait shops by DWR region number.

Why is a Virginia name missing?

Its page is still waiting in the release queue; it joins the list once it goes live.

What is the Virginia lake page count on the A to Z?

155.

What is the Virginia river and stream page count?

144.

How many Virginia cities and towns does the list hold?

305 cities and towns.

Does it cover every Virginia county and independent city?

133 county and city pages are listed.