Lakes / Tennessee / Anderson County / Melton Hill Lake
Melton Hill Lake, Tennessee
5,758 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
35.99 degrees N, 84.21 degrees W - Anderson 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 Melton Hill Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 92% of the 249 lakes counted in Tennessee.
- About 16 miles from Knoxville, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Loudoun Lake | Blount | 12 mi | 13,770 acres |
| Whiteoak Lake | Roane | 15 mi | 2,271 acres |
| Cove Lake | Campbell | 22 mi | 167 acres |
| Norris Lake | Campbell | 23 mi | 310 acres |
| Tellico Lake | Monroe | 26 mi | 15,159 acres |
| La Follette Reservoir | Campbell | 26 mi | 33 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 139451046). Verified October 30, 2026.