Matoaka Lake

Matoaka Lake is a reservoir in Williamsburg, Virginia. Matoaka Lake is situated nearby to the neighborhood Walnut Hills, as well as near Berkeley Hills.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre and Muscarelle Museum of Art.

Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre

Theater building

Photo: Kevin Bowman, CC BY 2.0.

Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre is a theater building.

The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a university museum affiliated with the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. While the Museum only dates to 1983, the university art collection has been in existence since its first gift – a portrait of the physicist Robert Boyle – in 1732.

Mason School of Business

School

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The Raymond A. Mason School of Business is the business school of William & Mary, a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Named in honor of alumnus and founder of Legg Mason, Raymond A.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ewell and Jamestown.

Ewell

Hamlet

Ewell was an unincorporated town in James City County west of Williamsburg, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Ewell was named for Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, who was a U.S. and Confederate army officer, and civil engineer. Ewell is situated 4½ miles north of Matoaka Lake.

Jamestown

Locality

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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located, in what later became James City County, on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg. Jamestown is situated 5 miles southwest of Matoaka Lake.

Lightfoot

Village

Lightfoot is an unincorporated community which straddles the James City–York county border, west of Williamsburg, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Lightfoot is situated 5 miles north of Matoaka Lake.

Matoaka Lake

Type: Reservoir
Also known as: “Jones Pond”
Category: body of water
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.26591° or 37° 15′ 57″ north

Longitude

-76.72554° or 76° 43′ 32″ west

Elevation

23 feet (7 metres)

Open location code

8795778F+9Q

GeoNames ID

4772007

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Walnut Hills and Berkeley Hills.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Matoaka Dam and Busch Soccer Field.

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