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Lake and pond beaches in Virginia
These 18 beaches in Virginia are on a lake, pond or reservoir rather than the sea. No tide, no surf, and usually a shorter drive. Each one shows how far you park and how far you walk to the water.
Yorktown Beachwater not mapped · parking 210 ft
Gloucester Point Beach ParkGloucester Point · water not mapped · parking 225 yd
College Creek BeachWilliamsburg · water not mapped
Falmouth BeachFredericksburg · water not mapped · parking 125 yd
Huntington BeachNewport News · water not mapped · parking 100 ft
Whitehurst Beach ParkNorfolk · water not mapped · parking 190 ft
Wake BeachWake · water not mapped · parking 600 yd
Tylers BeachSmithfield · water not mapped
Swim Beach at Lake Anna State ParkSpotsylvania Courthouse · water 40 ft
Lake Monticello Beach 2Palmyra · water 50 ft
Lake Arrowhead Beachwater 80 ft
Bourdain's BeachRichmond · water not mapped · parking 425 yd
Lake Monticello Beach 1Palmyra · water 70 ft · parking 260 ft
Lake Monticello Beach 4Palmyra · on the shoreline
Shenandoah Lake Beachwater 60 ft · parking 275 yd
Chris Greene Lake Beachwater 30 ft · parking 240 ft
Lake Monocan Beachwater 90 ft
Goodwin Lake Swim Beachwater 40 ft · parking 240 ft
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Do lake beaches have tides?
No. Tide tables apply to the sea, so these pages do not show one. Water temperature is modelled from the air temperature and the season where there is no buoy nearby.
Distances are measured on OpenStreetMap; what visitors report is counted, never guessed. This list was last rebuilt on 24 September 2026. How we know this.
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