Lakes / Tennessee / Lewis County / Highland Lake
Highland Lake, Tennessee
26 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
35.60 degrees N, 87.59 degrees W - Lewis 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 Highland Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 3% of the 249 lakes counted in Tennessee.
- About 60 miles from Nashville, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napier Lake | Lewis | 11 mi | 38 acres |
| Dan Maddox Lake | Lewis | 13 mi | 103 acres |
| Dan Maddox Fishing Lake | Lewis | 14 mi | 55 acres |
| Laurel Hill Lake | Lawrence | 18 mi | 292 acres |
| Hooker Chemical Pond C | Maury | 22 mi | 45 acres |
| Stauffer Globe Pond Number Twenty-one | Maury | 23 mi | 33 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Highland Lake
How Big Is Highland Lake?
Highland Lake covers 26 acres in Lewis County, Tennessee.
What Is the Largest Lake in Lewis County?
Dan Maddox Lake is the largest lake in Lewis County, at 103 acres.
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 128957871). Verified October 30, 2026.