Lakes / Tennessee / Chester County / Lake Placid
Lake Placid, Tennessee
39 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
35.39 degrees N, 88.77 degrees W - Chester 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 Placid Stacks Up
- Larger than 29% of the 249 lakes counted in Tennessee.
- About 74 miles from Memphis, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Lajoice | Hardeman | 7.1 mi | 52 acres |
| Meridian Creek Lake One | Madison | 8.6 mi | 56 acres |
| Meridian Creek Lake Two | Madison | 8.8 mi | 35 acres |
| Vaughn Pond | Hardeman | 12 mi | 70 acres |
| Lake Williams | Madison | 14 mi | 31 acres |
| Silver Moon Lake | Madison | 16 mi | 39 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 124397323). Verified October 30, 2026.