Clarkes Lake

Clarkes Lake is in Dinwiddie, Virginia. Clarkes Lake is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sutherland Manor, as well as near the hamlet Lakewood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Virginia Motorsports Park.

Virginia Motorsports Park

Sports venue

Virginia Motorsports Park is a 1/4 mile dragstrip in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, just outside of Petersburg. It opened in 1994 and originally hosted the NHRA's Virginia NHRA Nationals.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sutherland and Five Forks.

Sutherland is an unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States. Sutherland is located on U.S. Route 460, 9 miles west-southwest of Petersburg. Sutherland is situated 1½ miles northwest of Clarkes Lake.

Five Forks

Hamlet

Photo: Rob Shenk, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Five Forks Battlefield is a battlefield of the American Civil War, the location of the Battle of Five Forks, in which Union Army forces broke through Confederate Army lines, opening the way to gain control of the last rail line to besieged Petersburg. Five Forks is situated 5 miles southwest of Clarkes Lake.

Matoaca

Village

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Matoaca is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,725 at the 2020 census. It is named after the Pamunkey princess Matoaka who was better known by her nickname "Pocahontas". Matoaca is situated 5 miles northeast of Clarkes Lake.

Clarkes Lake

Type: Body of water
Location: Dinwiddie, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.17615° or 37° 10′ 34″ north

Longitude

-77.54609° or 77° 32′ 46″ west

Elevation

200 feet (61 metres)

Open location code

87945FG3+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41493247

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

4752969

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