Lakes / Tennessee / Van Buren County / Fall Creek Falls Lake
Fall Creek Falls Lake, Tennessee
302 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
35.65 degrees N, 85.37 degrees W - Van Buren 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 Fall Creek Falls Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 81% of the 249 lakes counted in Tennessee.
- About 42 miles from Chattanooga, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bickerstaff Lake | Bledsoe | 3.3 mi | 64 acres |
| Billy Branch Lake | White | 16 mi | 91 acres |
| S K Johnson Lake | Grundy | 18 mi | 80 acres |
| Spain Lake | White | 19 mi | 33 acres |
| Deerhead Lake | Sequatchie | 19 mi | 26 acres |
| Lake Karen | Warren | 20 mi | 45 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 137000379). Verified October 30, 2026.