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Anonymous wrote:Man I need to get out there that sounds fun

Just be aware before you go swimming that you might come out of the lake with a tail. 🥴

Anonymous wrote:Man I need to get out there that sounds fun

Anonymous wrote:Family of 5. Mom, Dad, 10, 13, and 15 who all love spending time at a lake. We love tubing, kayaking, paddle boarding, jet skiing. swimming, boating, fishing, etc. So we started thinking of maybe getting a place. Someone brought up Lake Anna to us. The location is ideal for us living in NOVA with family in Petersburg. I don't know much about Lake Anna. Before I get deep in my research, I was hoping DCUM can help me out with the pros and cons of having a vacation home at Lake Anna. I am told that it has a public and private side. Not sure about what that's all about. Is one better? Why? We would hope to rent it when we are not using it. Is there much of a rental market there? Safety? Is the lake patrolled well? How is the water quality in general? Does the lake ever get super low? They are just some general questions but please share all your pros and cons. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:We have rented there and find the Lake activities dangerous in the summer. there are too many inexperienced boaters/jet ski people. if you fall off your waterskis or your paddleboard - be prepared to get run over by drunks on boats.

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Anonymous wrote:It's seems hard to find a lake or river near this area that doesn't have issues with water quality. Over the past decade we've stayed at Deep Creek 2x, Lake Anna 3x, and at an airbnb ON the Shenandoah River 2x. Every time we've read in advance about no swim warnings, algae blooms or other bacterial problems... most if not all of which seem to be the result of runoff from nearby farmland.

Generally speaking this doesn't concern us because we typically just go boating, water skiing or tubing, and fishing. We don't hang out swimming in the water. But specific to Lake Anna, you WILL definitely find (less informed) people who refuse to believe the water is safe due to the nuclear plant. Which only really matters if you plan to rent out the place.

Jokes on you. The water on the plant side is unsafe and it is because of the nuclear power plant. But since you’re so informed, explain why that’s wrong?

It’s only unsafe if there’s an issue at the plant. And if there was an issue it would be an issue much further away than the warm side of Lake Anna.

This is the classic nuclear thing though... It's not an issue, until it is. And then the issue is wayyyyy beyond anything you can imagine. Also, if something bad happened at Lake Anna's nuclear plant, it would be "an issue" for DC... it actually wouldn't be an issue for people who live at Lake Anna, because they'd all be dead.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd love to know more about Lake Anna's history. Sounds like quite a few cemeteries were dug up and moved when it was flooded, but I know it also flooded in a few days instead of months, and it makes you wonder what they missed.

All these sandbars — what's really under them?

https://www.thecentralvirginian.com/news/building-on-historic-ground-lake-anna-technology-campus-could-contain-unmarked-graves/article_57b7daa6-6871-11ee-9d7c-ab0de47f303b.html

The cows that bathe in the lake cannot be dismissed. And by cows I mean bonafide bovines, just to clarify.

Anonymous wrote:I'd love to know more about Lake Anna's history. Sounds like quite a few cemeteries were dug up and moved when it was flooded, but I know it also flooded in a few days instead of months, and it makes you wonder what they missed.

All these sandbars — what's really under them?

https://www.thecentralvirginian.com/news/building-on-historic-ground-lake-anna-technology-campus-could-contain-unmarked-graves/article_57b7daa6-6871-11ee-9d7c-ab0de47f303b.html

Anonymous wrote:Man I need to get out there that sounds fun