| Blue Ridge Shores, Virginia | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Blue Ridge Shores |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Louisa |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.67 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.55 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.12 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 801 |
| Population Density Km2: | 229.0 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 310 |
| Coordinates: | 38.1083°N -78.0208°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 23093 (Louisa) |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 51-08264 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2630622 |
Blue Ridge Shores is a census-designated place (CDP) in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 801.[2] It was built beginning in 1960 as a resort community around Lake Louisa.
Blue Ridge Shores is in northern Louisa County, in the Piedmont region of Virginia. It is 8miles north of Louisa, the county seat, east of Charlottesville, and northwest of Richmond.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.7sqkm, of which 3.6sqkm are land and 1.1sqkm, or 23.90%, are water.[1] Lake Louisa, a reservoir built on Hickory Creek, is in the center of the community. Hickory Creek flows northeast to the North Anna River and is part of the Pamunkey River watershed, leading to the tidal York River and Chesapeake Bay.
A history of the community can be found at the Blue Ridge Shores community website.[3]