Largest lakes & reservoirs in Northern Virginia Region by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 5 articles we have published for Northern Virginia Region lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Virginia > Northern Virginia Region > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Northern Virginia Region, only the 5 Northern Virginia Region lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Anna, VA (Central Virginia, Northern Virginia Region, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
9,600 ac | 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, VA (Northern Virginia Region, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
2,100 ac | 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 Manassas, VA (Northern Virginia Region, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
800 ac | Lake Manassas is nestled in the beautiful rolling hills of Prince William County in Northern Virginia. Created in 1969 by the impoundment of Broad Run… |
| Germantown Lake, VA (Northern Virginia Region, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
109 ac | Also known as CM Crockett Park, Germantown Reservoir He watches his little boy struggle to carry both the fishing rod and tackle box. He could carry it for him, but the boy insisted he could do it himsel… |
| Lake Holly, VA (Northern Virginia Region, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
20 ac | Also known as Pitts Pond Although Lake Holly is a small lake consisting of only 20 acres, it provides excellent water skiing in scenic Sparta, Virginia which is located in Car… |