Boating Safety Reminders: Carry your boat/jet ski registration and boater safety education card on board.

1. Before you go afloat, check the drain plug in your boat!2. A life jacket only works if you are wearing one!3. Inflatable life jackets are only approved for persons 16 years

of age and older who are not engaged in whitewater activi-ties, skiing, tubing, or jet skiing.

4. To ensure proper ventilation after fueling, turn on the blowerfor 3-5 minutes to dissipate dangerous gas fumes in boatswith stern drive and/or inboard engines.

5. After fueling a jet ski, remove seat cover, smell for gas andcheck for any leaks.

6. Lake Anna is considered sole state waters, so visual distressflares are not required. Approved non-pyrotechnic visual dis-tress signals are: an orange flag with black square and blackball-or anything orange that can be waved to attract attention,and at night, a flashlight.

7. Around sunset, any “people powered” craft like kayaks, ca-noes, row boats, paddleboats and stand up paddle boardersshould use a flashlight, stay close to the shore, and makethemselves as visible as possible to other boaters.

8. No wake is defined as “The slowest speed possible to main-tain steerage and headway.”

9. Check the weather before you set out, and keep checkingthroughout your time on the water.

10. Remain seated, and keep weight evenly distributed to avoidfalling out of boat or capsizing.

11. Anchor from the bow, never from the stern.12. Dock lights are not to be used like headlights. They blind oth-

er boaters. They are strictly for docking purposes.

Use this map to help find your way around the lake. Be aware of your surroundings at all times on the water. Make note of land-marks like marinas, restaurants, bridges, the North Anna Power Station, the dam, and the Lake Anna State Park.

Also, look for yellow signs with black letter-ing on waterfront docks, common areas and Dominion’s islands. If you have an accident or an emergency, call 911, tell the operator the information on the sign so your position will be known, and help will be on its way.

Have Fun. Stay Safe. Mind your Wake. Share the Lake!

LAKE ANNA MAP Proud Sponsors of the Lake Anna Orientation Map

A public safety initiative unique to Lake Anna

TOW BOATU.S. Gary Jacobs 540-659-5397 (Midlake at High Point Marina)

Restaurants on Lake Anna Tim’s at Lake Anna 540-894-5011 (Uplake on North Anna River at Harris Bridge) The Cove at Lake Anna and the Pirates Cove 540-854-7000 (Uplake on the Pamunk-ey north of Dillards Bridge)

Lake Anna Marinas (Gas and Launch ramp at all marinas)

Anna Point Marina 540-895-5900 (Midlake at 208 Bridge) High Point Marina, A BOATU.S. Marina. 540-895-5249 (Midlake at 208 Bridge) Hunters Landing at the Cove 540-854-7007 (Uplake on the Pamunkey north of Dillards Bridge)Lake Anna Marina 540-895-5051(Downlake south side of Sturgeon Creek) Pleasants Landing Beach Marina(Downlake at the dam) 540-872-4180

Lake Anna Campground Christopher Run Campground 540-854-6308 (Uplake on the North Anna, northwest of Holladay Bridge)

Proud Sponsors Blue Creek Technology, Inc - 540 842-4554 First Mates Boat Rentals 540-854-6308 Two locations: The Cove at Lake Anna (Uplake on the Pamunkey north of Dillards Bridge and at Anna Point Marina (Midlake 208 Bridge) Friends of Lake Anna State Park Fulton Mortgage - Gene Newman 804-337-8947Lake Anna Civic Association—www.lakeannavirginia.orgLake Country Marine, Boat Sales & Ser-vice 540-895-5575 (Midlake at Anna Point Marina)U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 87—www.uscgaux.info

Emergency Numbers In the event of an emergency on Lake An-na, CALL 911.

Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Virginia Conservation Police: 800-237-5712Louisa County Sheriff’s Office: 540-967-12341

Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office: 540-582-71151

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 87, Lake Anna. 540-872-3741 Call for general safeboating information.TowBOATU.S.-Lake Anna: 540-659-5397

Need a Life Jacket? BoatU.S. Lake Anna Offers Free Loan-

er Program for Kids! The most important safety item on your boat is a life jacket. To save a life, a life jacket must fit properly and be in good condition.

Don’t leave the dock without life jackets for everyone on board. Remember, they only work if they are worn. Come by the TowBoatU.S. office at High Point Marina to borrow a life jacket and ensure your child’s safety on the water.

Design by Kelly Phillips of Blue Creek Technology, Inc. Rev. 2017

Dangerous and/or Illegal — Don’t Do It! x Jet ski operation is illegal after sunset or before sun-

rise.x No one under the age of 16 may lawfully operate a jet

ski. However, any person 14 or 15 may lawfully oper-ate a jet ski if they have successfully completed an ap-proved boating education safety course and carry proofof successful completion.

x It is unlawful to allow any person to ride or sit on thebow, gunwales (sides), or transom (sun platform) whilethe boat is underway, unless the boat has adequateguards or railing to prevent falls overboard.

x On pontoon boats, it is unlawful to sit outside the rail-ings, or ride on the sun deck while the boat is under-way.

x Check capacity plate installed (near helm) by the man-ufacturer. It is unlawful to operate a boat or jet ski inexcess of the number for which the craft was designed.REMEMBER—towed passengers are included in thecount.

x On Stand Up Paddleboards, canoes, and kayaks, lifejackets and a sound producing device (whistle) are re-quired by law, when outside a designated swim zoneor beyond the surf zone.

The Lake Anna Map was created as a public safety initiative by the Lake Anna Civic As-sociation’s Emergency Services Committee, a coalition of local law enforcement, fire and rescue; DGIF, U.S.C.G. Auxiliary, Do-minion, the Lake Anna State Park, the Lake Anna Business Partnership and Blue Creek Technology.

MOTORBOAT AND PWC (JET SKI) OPERATORS A Boating Safety Course is Required to Operate PWCs and/or Boats With Motors 10 HP or Greater. For more information: www.dgif.virginia.gov/boating/education/requirement

The North Anna Nuclear Power Station on Lake Anna imposes special obligations on area boaters and residents. Homeland Security urges that

“If you see something, say something.” For safe-ty sake, report suspicious activity. Call 911

Regulatory markers, or buoys, give important information about boat-ing safely. Pay attention to them. Be very careful in marked areas. Orange squares give directions and information like food or fuel. Orange diamonds warn of hazards and obstructions like rocks, shallow water, stumps. * NEVER assume that every hazard will be marked by a buoy!

Orange circles mark controlled areas, such as no wake or idle speed. You will see these buoys on both sides of most bridges. * “No Wake” slowest speed that allows you to maintain steerage and headway. Orange crossed diamonds indicate exclusion (closed) areas that are off limits to boats such as swimming areas, the power station, or the dam. These are “Do Not Enter” zones!

Finding your way on Lake Anna Take time to study the map. Note the name of subdivisions, bridges and any landmarks that will help identify your location, in case of an emergency. Orientation: New Bridge (Rte. 208) is the approximate mid point of the lake. Uplake/ North from New Bridge takes you to the State Park and the Cove Restaurant on the Pamunkey River or up the North Anna River to Tim’s Restaurant. Downlake/South of New Bridge takes you in the direction of the North Anna Power Station and at the far end, the dam. In between, you will find Billikens, Asian Cafe, Vitos, and Anna Cabana Restaurants. Starting at the dam and heading north/uplake, everything on your right is Spotsylvania County and everything on your left is Louisa County. At “the splits” the communities bordered by the North Anna River and the Pamunk-ey River are in Spotsylvania County. Mind Your Wake. Share the Lake!

LEGEND

Hazards—Shallow, Rocks & Other

Islands

Restaurants

Beach

Fish Structures

Boat Launch

Gas

Subdivision (Green)

Marinas (Red & Yellow)

Restaurants (Blue)

WEAR A LIFE JACKET! It can save your life!

Water Sports Industry Association (WSIA): 1. Stay at least 150 feet from the shoreline, docks or other structures. 2. Keep music at reasonable levels. Sound travels well over the water. 3. Minimize repetitive passes on any one portion of shoreline. Once you’ve

run the same line for a while, move on to another area.

On Lake Anna, look for yellow signs with black lettering on docks, common areas, and islands to use as 911 emergency location markers.

In an emergency, use this information to tell 911 where you are. Signs are linked to 911 street addresses.