Lakes / Tennessee / Jackson County / Cordell Hull Reservoir
Cordell Hull Reservoir, Tennessee
11,631 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
36.32 degrees N, 85.79 degrees W - Jackson 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 Cordell Hull Reservoir Stacks Up
- Larger than 95% of the 249 lakes counted in Tennessee.
- The largest lake in Jackson County among those counted.
- About 56 miles from Nashville, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennings Creek Lake Number Eighteen | Jackson | 8.1 mi | 27 acres |
| Cane Creek Lake | Putnam | 18 mi | 48 acres |
| Center Hill Lake | DeKalb | 22 mi | 17,266 acres |
| Burgess Falls Lake | Putnam | 22 mi | 61 acres |
| Standingstone Lake | Overton | 23 mi | 52 acres |
| City Lake | Putnam | 24 mi | 65 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 136980770). Verified October 30, 2026.