List of lakes in West Virginia
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This is a list of lakes in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
- Beech Fork LakeBeech Fork LakeBeech Fork Lake is a 720 acre reservoir located near Lavalette in Wayne County, West Virginia. Beech Fork Lake is also partly located in neighboring Cabell County. Millers Fork and Stowers Branch join Beech Fork with their own river valleys contributing to the majority of the lakesurface...
- Big Ditch Lake
- Bluestone LakeBluestone LakeBluestone Lake is a flood control reservoir located on the New River near Hinton, West Virginia. At its normal pool level, Bluestone Dam impounds a stretch of the New and its tributary, the Bluestone River. Normally approximately in size, the lake can grow to over long at flood control pool...
- Brushy Fork LakeBrushy Fork LakeBrushy Fork Lake is an impoundment on the South Branch South Fork Potomac River located three miles south of Sugar Grove in southeastern Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Brushy Fork Lake lies in the Dry River District of the George Washington National Forest....
- Buffalo Creek ReservoirBuffalo Creek ReservoirBuffalo Creek Reservoir is a reservoir near West Milford in Harrison County, West Virginia, USA. The reservoir is formed by an impoundment on Buffalo Creek, a tributary stream of the West Fork River....
- Burnsville LakeBurnsville LakeBurnsville Lake is both a recreational and flood control reservoir on Little Kanawha River located southeast of Burnsville in Braxton County, West Virginia. Burnsville Lake was authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1938....
- Cheat LakeCheat LakeCheat Lake is a long reservoir on the Cheat River in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA. It was originally named Lake Lynn, but the Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon Cheat Lake as the reservoir's name in 1976. The surface area of Cheat Lake is about...
- Conaway Run Lake
- East Lynn LakeEast Lynn LakeEast Lynn Lake is a reservoir on the East Fork Twelvepole Creek in Wayne County, West Virginia. The lake is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, as part of a series of flood control projects for the Ohio River basin.-History:...
- Elk Fork Lake
- Lake Floyd
- Hawks Nest Lake
- Jennings Randolph LakeJennings Randolph LakeJennings Randolph Lake is a reservoir of located on the North Branch Potomac River in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia. It is approximately eight miles upstream of Bloomington, Maryland, and approximately five miles north of Elk Garden, West Virginia.-Construction and...
- North Bend LakeNorth bend lakeNorth Bend Lake is a 305 acre lake created through the Natural Resource Conservation Service via the Little Kanawha Conservation District. North Bend Lake is 8.1 river miles in length and has an average permanent pool width of 310 feet.-References:*...
- Moncove Lake
- Mount Storm LakeMount Storm LakeMount Storm Lake — also known as New Stony River Reservoir — is a 1,200 acre reservoir created in 1965 on the Stony River in Grant County, West Virginia....
- O'Brien Lake
- Plum Orchard LakePlum Orchard LakePlum Orchard Lake is a reservoir in the Plum Orchard Wildlife Management Area in Fayette County, West Virginia. The reservoir is the result of an impoundment on Plum Orchard Creek. Plum Orchard Lake was constructed in 1962 with a maximum depth of and an average depth of ....
- R.D. Bailey Lake
- Lake SherwoodLake Sherwood (West Virginia)Lake Sherwood is a reservoir located within the Lake Sherwood Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA. The recreation area surrounding Lake Sherwood contains camping and picnicking facilities as well as a boating site and a beach for...
- Sleepy Creek LakeSleepy Creek LakeSleepy Creek Lake is a impoundment of the Meadow Branch of Sleepy Creek in Berkeley County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The reservoir is located at an elevation of 1,086 feet on the Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area, which lies within both Morgan and Berkeley Counties...
- Spruce Knob Lake
- Stephens Lake
- Stonecoal Lake
- Stonewall Jackson LakeStonewall Jackson LakeStonewall Jackson Lake is an impoundment on the West Fork River in Lewis County, West Virginia. The lake is a flood control project of the Pittsburgh District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Stonewall Resort is located along the lake's shore...
- Stony River ReservoirStony River ReservoirStony River Reservoir was constructed on the Stony River in 1888 by Westvaco to supply the source of water for the company's main pulp mill. William Luke's summer residence was located on the lake....
- Summersville LakeSummersville LakeSummersville Lake is a reservoir located in the US state of West Virginia. The lake is formed by a rock-fill dam on the Gauley River, south of Summersville in Nicholas County...
- Summit LakeSummit Lake (West Virginia)Summit Lake is a cold water reservoir located in Greenbrier County, West Virginia in the Gauley Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest. The reservoir is formed by the impoundment of the waters of two forks of Coats Run, a small tributary of the North Fork of the Cherry River. There...
- Sutton LakeSutton LakeSutton Lake is a reservoir on the Elk River in Braxton and Webster counties, West Virginia. Sutton Lake is located just upstream of Sutton. It was authorized by Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1938. Construction of the dam began in 1956 and was completed in 1961. The dam is high, long, and...
- Trout PondTrout PondTrout Pond, located near Wardensville in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA, is the state's only natural lake. The small "lake" is situate in the Trout Pond Recreation Area of the George Washington National Forest....
- Tygart Lake
- Upper Mud Lake
- Warden LakeWarden LakeWarden Lake is a reservoir on Moores Run near Wardensville in northern Hardy County, West Virginia, United States. Warden Lake is located within the Warden Lake Wildlife Management Area nestled between Baker Mountain and Big Ridge ....
- Woodrum Lake