Friday, May 22, 2026

Question: What are the names of Virginia’s only two natural lakes?

Answer: Lake Drummond and Mountain Lake are Virginia’s only two natural lakes, making them geological rarities in a state otherwise filled with man-made reservoirs like Smith Mountain Lake and Lake Anna.

Lake Drummond, located in the Great Dismal Swamp near Chesapeake and Suffolk, formed roughly 3,500 years ago and spans about 3,100 acres. Mountain Lake, nestled in Giles County near Pembroke, is famous for its role in Dirty Dancing and for its unusual water levels that naturally rise and fall because of the lake’s geology.