Largest lakes & reservoirs in Tennessee by acres
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > South > Tennessee > - Compared by surface area in acres.Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 33 articles we have published for Tennessee lakes.
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Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Lake (Kentucky, South, Tennessee, USA, West, Western Waterlands) |
160,309 ac | 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 lo… |
| Lake Guntersville (Alabama, East, Mountains, South, Tennessee, USA) |
69,100 ac | 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, it’s located… |
| Lake Barkley (Kentucky, Middle, South, Tennessee, USA, Western Waterlands) |
57,920 ac | 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… |
| Pickwick Lake (Alabama, Hills Region, Mississippi, Mountains, South, Tennessee, USA, West) |
43,100 ac | 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 Tennesse… |
| Watts Bar Lake (East, South, Tennessee, USA) |
39,090 ac | 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 T… |
| Chickamauga Lake (East, South, Tennessee, USA) |
36,240 ac | Also known as Chickamauga Reservoir Chickamauga Lake is a fabulous recreational reservoir. It is located in southeast Tennessee, 20 miles from Chattanooga, and includes 810 miles of shor… |
| Norris Lake (East, South, Tennessee, USA) |
33,840 ac | 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 No… |
| Cherokee Lake (East, South, Tennessee, USA) |
28,780 ac | 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 a… |
| Douglas Lake (East, South, Tennessee, USA) |
28,420 ac | 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… |
| Dale Hollow Lake (Kentucky, Middle, South, Southern Lakes, Tennessee, USA) |
27,700 ac | Also known as Dale Hollow Reservoir Dale Hollow Lake, straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee border, is an artificial lake that was formed by damming the Obey and Cumberland Rivers. As with m… |
| Old Hickory Lake (Middle, South, Tennessee, USA) |
22,500 ac | Only half an hour outside of Nashville, Old Hickory Lake offers outdoor recreational opportunities for millions of visitors to the middle region of Te… |
| Center Hill Lake (Middle, South, Tennessee, USA) |
18,220 ac | 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,… |
