Largest lakes & reservoirs in Tidewater & Hampton Roads Region, VA 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 3 articles we have published for Tidewater & Hampton Roads Region, VA lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Virginia > Tidewater & Hampton Roads Region, VA > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Tidewater & Hampton Roads Region, VA, only the 3 Tidewater & Hampton Roads Region, VA lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Western Branch Lake, VA (Tidewater & Hampton Roads Region, VA, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
1,265 ac | 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,… |
| Chickahominy Lake, VA (Tidewater & Hampton Roads Region, VA, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
1,230 ac | Also known as Chickahominy Reservoir A slick brown otter dodges playfully in amongst the clumps of wetland grasses and trees that anchor the Chickahominy River. Gradually, the forest thin… |
| Little Creek Reservoir, VA (Tidewater & Hampton Roads Region, VA, US South Region, USA, Virginia) |
996 ac | Nestled in the center of the James City County Parks and Recreation system is the 996-acre Little Creek Reservoir. With 40 miles of shoreline and an a… |