Lake Sherwood (West Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°00′04″N 80°00′37″W / 38.0012°N 80.0103°W

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Lake Sherwood
2006
Lake Sherwood
Location	Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°00′04″N 80°00′37″W / 38.0012°N 80.0103°W / 38.0012; -80.0103
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United States

Surface area	164 acres (0.66 km²)

Lake Sherwood is a 164-acre (0.66 km²) reservoir located within the Lake Sherwood Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA. The recreation area surrounding Lake Sherwood contains camping and picnicking facilities as well as a non-fossil fuel boating site and a beach for swimmers. It also includes several easy hiking trails, some with attractive lake views. The lake is located near community of Neola and covers most of the farmland of Richard Rider and Jane Dixon Rider who settled the land around 1790.

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Lake Sherwood Recreation Area

v t e Monongahela National Forest
National Recreation Areas	Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
Wilderness areas	Big Draft Wilderness Cranberry Wilderness Dolly Sods Wilderness Laurel Fork North Wilderness Laurel Fork South Wilderness Otter Creek Wilderness Roaring Plains West Wilderness Spice Run Wilderness
Mountains and summits	Allegheny Front Allegheny Mountain Back Allegheny Mountain Backbone Mountain Barton Knob Burner Mountain Bickle Knob Champe Rocks Cheat Mountain Gaudineer Knob Mount Porte Crayon North Fork Mountain River Knobs Seneca Rocks Shavers Mountain Spruce Knob Spruce Mountain
Rivers and creeks	Big Run Black Fork Blackwater River Cheat River Cranberry River Dry Fork Elk River Gauley River Glady Fork Greenbrier River Laurel Fork Seneca Creek South Branch Potomac River Shavers Fork Tygart Valley River Williams River
Canyons and valleys	Blackwater Canyon Canaan Valley Germany Valley Smoke Hole Canyon
Lakes and bogs	Lake Sherwood Spruce Knob Lake Summit Lake Cranberry Glades
Observation towers	Bickle Knob Olson Tower
Other features	Bear Rocks Preserve Camp Allegheny Cheat Summit Fort Fernow Experimental Forest Gaudineer Scenic Area Highland Scenic Highway Middle Mountain Cabins Mill Point Federal Prison Sinks of Gandy
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