Lakes / Tennessee / DeKalb County / Center Hill Lake
Center Hill Lake, Tennessee
17,266 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
36.01 degrees N, 85.74 degrees W - DeKalb 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 Center Hill Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #8 for surface area among the Tennessee lakes counted so far - 17,266 acres.
- About 59 miles from Nashville, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgess Falls Lake | Putnam | 9.1 mi | 61 acres |
| Cane Creek Lake | Putnam | 15 mi | 48 acres |
| City Lake | Putnam | 19 mi | 65 acres |
| Lake Karen | Warren | 20 mi | 45 acres |
| Cordell Hull Reservoir | Jackson | 22 mi | 11,631 acres |
| Spain Lake | White | 23 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 136999884). Verified October 30, 2026.