TENNESSEE
Lakes / Reservoirs

Tennessee Lakes by Region

Tennessee : East (16)

• Boone Lake
• Melton Hill Reservoir
• Cherokee Lake
• Nickajack Lake
• Chickamauga Lake
• Norris Lake
• Douglas Lake
• Parksville Lake
• Finger Lakes of the South
• South Holston Lake
• Fort Loudoun Lake
• Tellico Reservoir
• Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir
• Watauga Lake
• Lake Guntersville
• Watts Bar Lake

Tennessee : Middle (12)

• Carroll County Thousand Acre Recreation Lake
• J. Percy Priest Lake
• Center Hill Lake
• Lake Barkley
• Cheatham Lake
• Normandy Reservoir
• Cordell Hull Lake
• Old Hickory Lake
• Dale Hollow Lake
• Tims Ford Lake
• Great Falls Lake
• Woods Reservoir

Tennessee : West (5)

• Eagle Lake
• Pickwick Lake
• Horn Lake
• Reelfoot Lake
• Kentucky Lake

Center Hill Lake

Tennessee Lakes A-Z

• Boone Lake
• Fort Loudoun Lake
• Norris Lake
• Carroll County Thousand Acre Recreation Lake
• Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir
• Old Hickory Lake
• Center Hill Lake
• Great Falls Lake
• Parksville Lake
• Cheatham Lake
• Horn Lake
• Pickwick Lake
• Cherokee Lake
• J. Percy Priest Lake
• Reelfoot Lake
• Chickamauga Lake
• Kentucky Lake
• South Holston Lake
• Cordell Hull Lake
• Lake Barkley
• Tellico Reservoir
• Dale Hollow Lake
• Lake Guntersville
• Tims Ford Lake
• Douglas Lake
• Melton Hill Reservoir
• Watauga Lake
• Eagle Lake
• Nickajack Lake
• Watts Bar Lake
• Finger Lakes of the South
• Normandy Reservoir
• Woods Reservoir

Lakes in TN

Lake Name	Lake Summary
Boone Lake	Also known as: Boone Reservoir Boone Lake is one of a series of reservoirs lying among the hills in northeast Tennessee. Completed on March 16, 1953, Boone Lake was constructed, and ...
Carroll County Thousand Acre Recreation Lake	Also known as: Carroll County 1000 Acre Recreation Lake The Carroll County Thousand Acre Recreation Lake is the newest addition to water-based fun in Middle Tennessee. This brand-new lake opened for the first ...
Center Hill Lake	Also known as: Center Hill Reservoir Center Hill Lake is almost completely surrounded by the beautiful hardwood forested hills of the Tennessee Eastern Highlands. Center Hill Lake has 18,000 ...
Cheatham Lake	Cheatham Lake is an impoundment of the Cumberland River with 320 miles of shoreline. It is 67.5 miles long and extends from Cheatham Dam through Nashville ...
Cherokee Lake	Also known as: Cherokee Reservoir Cherokee Lake: Artists stop at Clinch Mountain Overlook to paint it, and photographers to photograph it, and every year millions of people come from all ...
Chickamauga Lake	Also known as: Chickamauga Reservoir Chickamauga Lake is a fabulous outdoor recreation water body. It is located in southeast Tennessee some twenty miles from Chattanooga and provides over ...
Cordell Hull Lake	Also known as: Cordell Hull Reservoir Cordell Hull Lake is located at the base of the highland rim on the Cumberland River in Smith, Jackson, and Clay counties of middle Tennessee. The dam ...
Dale Hollow Lake	Also known as: Dale Hollow Reservoir Dale Hollow Lake, straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee border, is an artificial lake that was formed by damming up the Obey and Cumberland Rivers. As with ...
Douglas Lake	Also known as: Douglas Reservoir Douglas Lake, also known as Douglas Reservoir, stretches out over more than 28,000 acres and 500 shoreline miles in eastern Tennessee. Douglas Lake is ...
Eagle Lake	Located in the southern end of the Meeman-Shelby State Park near Memphis, Tennessee, Eagle Lake is a secluded and shallow lake surrounded by a stunning ...
Finger Lakes of the South	Also known as: Chilhowie Lake, Calderwood Lake, Cheoah Lake. Chilhowie Reservoir, Calderwood Reservoir, Cheoah Reservoir Three reservoirs on the Little Tennessee River in northwestern North Carolina and Southeastern Tennessee offer some of the most spectacular wilderness ...
Fort Loudoun Lake	Also known as: Fort Loudoun Reservoir Named for a nearby 18th century British fort, Fort Loudoun Lake draws millions of visitors every year for fishing, boating, and wildlife viewing. Located ...
Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir	Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir is an impoundment of the South Fork Holston River near Kingsport, TN. Extending ten miles upstream from Fort Patrick Henry ...
Great Falls Lake	Also known as: Great Falls Reservoir, Rock Island Lake One of the best-kept secret destination lakes in the Middle Tennessee area is Great Falls Lake. The 1800-acre reservoir formed behind Great Falls Dam ...
Horn Lake	Also known as: "Lakeview" The Mississippi River has been flowing across North American for hundreds of thousands of years. Over time, however, its course changes or adjusts, sometimes ...
J. Percy Priest Lake	Also known as: J. Percy Priest Reservoir J. Percy Priest Lake, located 10-15 minutes from downtown Nashville TN, provides many outdoor recreational opportunities for 7+ million visitors each ...
Kentucky Lake	Kentucky Lake is the largest man-made lake east of the Mississippi when measured by surface acres at "full pond," the normal water level: 184 miles long, ...
Lake Barkley	Lake Barkley is one of the premier recreational destinations in Western Kentucky. The reservoir was created by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1966 for ...
Lake Guntersville	Also known as: Guntersville Lake, Guntersville Reservoir Alabama's Mountain Region contains the state's largest lake: Lake Guntersville. Cradled in the Appalachian foothills of northern Alabama, Lake Guntersville ...
Melton Hill Reservoir	Also known as: Melton Hill Lake Melton Hill Reservoir, also known as Melton Hill Lake, is an impoundment of the Clinch River. Located near Oak Ridge, TN, the reservoir extends 57 miles ...
Nickajack Lake	Also known as: Nickajack Reservoir Set against the spectacular scenery and steep walls of the Tennessee River Gorge, Nickajack Lake is the perfect place to relax on the water, fish, or ...
Normandy Reservoir	Also known as: Normandy Lake, Lake Normandy Situated in south central Tennessee near Manchester, Normandy Lake draws anglers, campers and boaters from all over. With its proximity to nearby Tims ...
Norris Lake	Also known as: Norris Reservoir Just 25 miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee, Norris Lake is the first reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Named for Senator George Norris, ...
Old Hickory Lake	Located about 25 miles upstream from Nashville TN, Old Hickory Lake offers outdoor recreational opportunities for millions of visitors each year. Because ...
Parksville Lake	Also known as: Lake Ocoee, Ocoee Lake Parksville Lake, also known as Ocoee Reservoir, is one of three reservoirs in Polk County near Cleveland,TN. Together the reservoirs run through some ...
Pickwick Lake	Also known as: Pickwick Reservoir Pickwick Lake is a 43,100-acre reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with construction of Pickwick Landing Dam across the Tennessee ...
Reelfoot Lake	Reelfoot Lake makes its home in northwestern Tennessee and extends into southern Kentucky. The lake is young: popular history says that after the New ...
South Holston Lake	Also known as: South Holston Reservoir An impoundment of the South Fork Holston River, South Holston Lake is an exceptional place to fish and boat. Straddling the Virginia and Tennessee state ...
Tellico Reservoir	Also known as: Tellico Lake About 30 minutes south of Knoxville, nestled in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, Tellico Lake is the lake that almost wasn't. Extending 33 miles along ...
Tims Ford Lake	Also known as: Tims Ford Reservoir Nestled in south central Tennessee between Tullahoma and Winchester, the clear, deep water of the Elk River meets the wooded sloped shores of Tims Ford ...
Watauga Lake	Also known as: Lake Watauga Watauga Lake exudes independence, solitude, and nature's bounty. If these traditional American values appeal to you, then you need to visit pristine Watauga ...
Watts Bar Lake	Also known as: Watts Bar Reservoir Midway between Knoxville and Chattanooga, Watts Bar Lake has been called "King of the Southern Great Lakes." Watts Bar Lake is an impoundment of the ...
Woods Reservoir	Located on Arnold Air Force Base between Nashville and Chattanooga in Tullahoma, Tennessee, Woods Reservoir is a fantastic place to fish. Its unique ...