Lakes / Tennessee / Bledsoe County / Bickerstaff Lake
Bickerstaff Lake, Tennessee
64 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
35.61 degrees N, 85.36 degrees W - Bledsoe County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Bickerstaff Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 52% of the 249 lakes counted in Tennessee.
- About 39 miles from Chattanooga, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek Falls Lake | Van Buren | 3.3 mi | 302 acres |
| S K Johnson Lake | Grundy | 16 mi | 80 acres |
| Deerhead Lake | Sequatchie | 16 mi | 26 acres |
| Billy Branch Lake | White | 19 mi | 91 acres |
| Lake Karen | Warren | 22 mi | 45 acres |
| Spain Lake | White | 22 mi | 33 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in Tennessee
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky Lake | Henry | 144,085 acres | - |
| 2 | Watts Bar Lake | Roane | 33,441 acres | - |
| 3 | Cherokee Lake | Hamblen | 29,436 acres | - |
| 4 | Douglas Lake | Jefferson | 29,224 acres | - |
| 5 | Chickamauga Lake | Hamilton | 27,237 acres | - |
All 249 Tennessee lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 137000463). Verified October 30, 2026.