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Burke Lake is a 218-acre freshwater reservoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is contained within Burke Lake Park, a Fairfax County public park owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA). Burke Lake is formed by a dam on South Run, a tributary stream of the Potomac River. Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq. ... Seal of the Fairfax County Park Authority The Fairfax County Park Authority is a department of the Fairfax County, Virginia county government responsible for developing and maintaining the various parks, historical sites, and recreational areas owned or administered by Fairfax County. ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ...


Fairfax County permits visitors to use the lake for fishing, boating, and rowboat rentals. The lake has 4.5 miles of fishing shoreline, three fishing bulkheads at the state game area, a fishing pier, and a boat launching dock. Both the fishing bulkheads and the fishing pier are accessible to persons with disabilities. Swimming is prohibited.


Activities and facilities on the surrounding park include camping, a miniature train, a carousel, outdoor volleyball courts, open fields, an 18-hole par 3 golf course, clubhouse with snack bar and driving range, disk golf, horse shoe pits, an ice cream parlor, picnic areas with grills, 3 playgrounds, trails, amphitheater, and a brand new miniature golf course. Nominal fees are required for boat rentals, camping, carousel, train and other activities. A 4.68 mile trail surrounds the lake starting at the marina parking lot.


Lake Burke is owned by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF). The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, or VDGIF, regulates fish and wildlife in Virginia. ...


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Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...

Potomac River system
Cities and towns | Bridges | Islands | Variant names The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ... This is a list of cities, towns, and communities along the Potomac River and its branches in the United States. ... This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Potomac River and its North and South branches. ... The following have been listed as variant names of the Potomac River throughout its history by the Geographic Names Information System. ...

Regions
Allegheny Front | Allegheny Mountains | Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area | Blue Ridge Mountains | Cumberland Valley | Eastern Panhandle | Northern Neck | Northern Virginia | Potomac Highlands | Ridge-and-valley Appalachians | Shenandoah Valley | Southern Maryland | Western Maryland
Tributaries
North Branch Potomac River (MD/WV) | Stony River (WV) | Savage River (MD) | Georges Creek (MD) | New Creek (WV) | Wills Creek (MD) | Patterson Creek (WV) | South Branch Potomac River (WV/VA) | Lunice Creek (WV) | Little Cacapon River (WV) | Cacapon River (WV) | Lost River (WV) | North River (WV) | Tearcoat Creek (WV) | Sleepy Creek (WV/VA) | Cherry Run (WV) | Back Creek (WV/VA) | Opequon Creek (WV/VA) | Antietam Creek (PA/MD) | Shenandoah River (WV/VA) | North Fork Shenandoah River (VA) | South Fork Shenandoah River (VA) | Monocacy River (MD) | Catoctin Creek (MD) | Catoctin Creek (VA) | Seneca Creek (MD) | Pimmit Run (VA) | Rock Creek (DC/MD) | Anacostia River (DC/MD) | Sligo Creek (MD) | Piscataway Creek (MD) | Occoquan River (VA) | Bull Run (VA) | Neabsco Creek (VA) | Mattawoman Creek (MD) | Quantico Creek (VA) | Aquia Creek (VA) | Nanjemoy Creek (MD) | Port Tobacco River (MD) | Wicomico River (MD) | St. Marys River (MD) | Yeocomico River (VA) | Hull Creek (VA)
Reservoirs
Lake Accotink | Lake Anne | Lake Barcroft | Lake Braddock | Breckenridge Reservoir | Brushy Fork Lake | Burke Lake | Dalecarlia Reservoir | Lake Fairfax | Georgetown Reservoir | Lake Holiday | Jennings Randolph Lake | Lake Manassas | McMillan Reservoir | Lake Montclair | Mount Storm Lake | Occoquan Reservoir | Sleepy Creek Lake | Stony River Reservoir
Dependent states
District of Columbia | Maryland | Pennsylvania | Virginia | West Virginia


 
 

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