Lakes / Tennessee / Hamblen County / Cherokee Lake
Cherokee Lake, Tennessee
29,436 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
36.28 degrees N, 83.29 degrees W - Hamblen 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 Cherokee Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #3 for surface area among the Tennessee lakes counted so far - 29,436 acres.
- The largest lake in Hamblen County among those counted.
- About 41 miles from Gatlinburg, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Lake | Hamblen | 13 mi | 437 acres |
| Douglas Lake | Jefferson | 21 mi | 29,224 acres |
| Davy Crockett Lake | Greene | 28 mi | 204 acres |
| Waste Lagoon | Hawkins | 32 mi | 32 acres |
| Norris Lake | Union | 33 mi | 23,285 acres |
| Norris Lake | Campbell | 40 mi | 310 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 138805581). Verified October 30, 2026.