Swift Creek Lake
Swift Creek Lake is a reservoir in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Swift Creek Lake is situated nearby to the neighborhood Woodlawn, as well as near Sherwood Hills.Places of Interest
Highlights include Petersburg station and Colonial Heights High School.
Petersburg station
Railway station
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Petersburg station is an Amtrak railroad station located in Ettrick, Virginia, just outside the city of Petersburg. The station, adjacent to the campus of Virginia State University, is served by five Amtrak routes: the Carolinian, Floridian, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, and Silver Meteor. Petersburg station is situated 2 miles south of Swift Creek Lake.
Colonial Heights High School
School
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Colonial Heights High School is a public high school located in Colonial Heights, Virginia, United States. The school serves about 800 students grades 9 – 12.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colonial Heights and Ettrick.
Colonial Heights
Town
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Colonial Heights is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,170. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Colonial Heights with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes.
Ettrick
Village
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Ettrick is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,241. The town is home to Virginia State University and the Petersburg Amtrak train station. Ettrick is situated 2½ miles south of Swift Creek Lake.
Pocahontas Island
Neighborhood
Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.
Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia, once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from Petersburg. Since 1915 a new channel for the river separated it from Chesterfield County and the former channel no longer separates it from the city. Pocahontas Island is situated 2½ miles southeast of Swift Creek Lake.
Swift Creek Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Colonial Heights, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.27154° or 37° 16′ 18″ northLongitude
-77.41859° or 77° 25′ 7″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87947HCJ+JHGeoNames ID
4788570
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