Lakes / Tennessee / Hamilton County / Chickamauga Lake
Chickamauga Lake, Tennessee
27,237 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
35.32 degrees N, 85.04 degrees W - Hamilton 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 Chickamauga Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #5 for surface area among the Tennessee lakes counted so far - 27,237 acres.
- The largest lake in Hamilton County among those counted.
- About 24 miles from Chattanooga, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judd Slough | Meigs | 7.9 mi | 3,269 acres |
| Blue Spring Slough | Rhea | 20 mi | 59 acres |
| Deerhead Lake | Sequatchie | 25 mi | 26 acres |
| Bickerstaff Lake | Bledsoe | 26 mi | 64 acres |
| S K Johnson Lake | Grundy | 27 mi | 80 acres |
| Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Dam and Reservoir | Hamilton | 28 mi | 526 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 139293038). Verified October 30, 2026.