Lakes / Tennessee / Warren County / Lake Karen
Lake Karen, Tennessee
45 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
35.72 degrees N, 85.71 degrees W - Warren 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 Lake Karen Stacks Up
- Larger than 35% of the 249 lakes counted in Tennessee.
- About 52 miles from Chattanooga, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Farms Lake | Warren | 11 mi | 75 acres |
| Lake Anne | Cannon | 18 mi | 25 acres |
| Center Hill Lake | DeKalb | 20 mi | 17,266 acres |
| Fall Creek Falls Lake | Van Buren | 20 mi | 302 acres |
| Bickerstaff Lake | Bledsoe | 22 mi | 64 acres |
| Lake Womack | Coffee | 22 mi | 27 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 51186193). Verified October 30, 2026.