Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Virginia by maximum depth
This is a comparison for lakes we have listed within USA > South > Virginia > - Compared by Deepest Lakes in feet.Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 30 articles we have published for Virginia lakes.
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Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Smith Mountain Lake (Blue Ridge Highlands, Central Virginia, South, Southern Virginia, USA, Virginia) |
250 ft | Also known as Jewel of the Blue Ridge With emerald green shores, sapphire blue skies, topaz blue waters, and soaring surrounding mountains, it’s clear why Smith Mountain Lake is nicknamed… |
| Spring Hollow Reservoir (Shenandoah Valley, South, USA, Virginia) |
220 ft | Spring Hollow Reservoir is a prime example of planned water supply storage in Virginia’s southern Shenandoah Valley region. The 158-acre reservoir was… |
| John W. Flannagan Reservoir (Heart of Appalachia, South, USA, Virginia) |
166 ft | Also known as Flannagan Reservoir The John W. Flannagan Reservoir is a 1,145-acre lake located in Dickenson County in the southwest Heart of Appalachia region of Virginia. Named in hon… |
| Lake Moomaw (Shenandoah Valley, South, USA, Virginia) |
152 ft | Lake Moomaw is located in western Virginia, just north of Covington in the Shenandoah Valley region. It is nearly surrounded by George Washington Nati… |
| Claytor Lake (Blue Ridge Highlands, South, USA, Virginia) |
123 ft | Claytor Lake is a 4,475 acre impoundment of the New River in southwestern Virginia’s Blue Ridge Highlands region. Stretching out over 21 miles in Pula… |
| Mountain Lake (Blue Ridge Highlands, South, USA, Virginia) |
100 ft | Perched on Salt Pond Mountain in Giles County, Virginia, Mountain Lake is the lake that should not exist. With its amazing geological history and a re… |
| Lake Gaston (North Carolina, Piedmont, South, Southern Virginia, USA, Virginia) |
95 ft | Lake Gaston covers 20,300 acres along 34 miles of Virginia and North Carolina real estate. The lake was created in 1963 by the Virginia Electric and P… |
| Lake Anna (Central Virginia, Northern Virginia, South, USA, Virginia) |
80 ft | Lake Anna, covering 13,000 acres of central Virginia, is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the state. It spans Virginia’s Northern and Central to… |
| Occoquan Reservoir (Northern Virginia, South, USA, Virginia) |
65 ft | Also known as Occoquan River Reservoir or Lake Occoquan In the dialect of the Native American Dogue tribe, “occoquan” means “at the end of the water.” The Dogue tribe occupied Northern Virginia up until the… |
| Lake of the Woods VA (Central Virginia, South, USA, Virginia) |
48 ft | Nestled between Fredericksburg and Culpeper, Virginia, Lake of the Woods is a private residential community consisting of two lakes. Located in Centra… |
| Western Branch Lake (South, Tidewater & Hampton Roads, USA, Virginia) |
35 ft | Also known as Western Branch Reservoir Western Branch Lake, near Suffolk, Virginia, is one of five water supply reservoirs owned by the City of Norfolk that allows fishing. At 1,265 acres,… |
| Hungry Mother Lake (Blue Ridge Highlands, South, USA, Virginia) |
32 ft | Surrounded by mountain vistas, the 108-acre Hungry Mother Lake is the recreational centerpiece of southwestern Virginia’s 2,180-acre Hungry Mother Sta… |
