Lakes / Tennessee / Jefferson County / Douglas Lake
Douglas Lake, Jefferson County, Tennessee
29,224 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
35.99 degrees N, 83.38 degrees W - Jefferson 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 Douglas Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #4 for surface area among the Tennessee lakes counted so far - 29,224 acres.
- About 20 miles from Gatlinburg, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Lake | Hamblen | 11 mi | 437 acres |
| Cherokee Lake | Hamblen | 21 mi | 29,436 acres |
| Davy Crockett Lake | Greene | 30 mi | 204 acres |
| Norris Lake | Union | 35 mi | 23,285 acres |
| Lake in the Sky | Blount | 38 mi | 55 acres |
| Fort Loudoun Lake | Blount | 41 mi | 13,770 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 51639932). Verified October 30, 2026.