Lakes / Tennessee / Union County / Norris Lake
Norris Lake, Union County, Tennessee
23,285 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
36.30 degrees N, 83.88 degrees W - Union 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 Norris Lake Stacks Up
- Ranks #7 for surface area among the Tennessee lakes counted so far - 23,285 acres.
- About 24 miles from Knoxville, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norris Lake | Campbell | 7.5 mi | 310 acres |
| La Follette Reservoir | Campbell | 17 mi | 33 acres |
| Cove Lake | Campbell | 19 mi | 167 acres |
| Melton Hill Lake | Anderson | 28 mi | 5,758 acres |
| Cherokee Lake | Hamblen | 33 mi | 29,436 acres |
| Fort Loudoun Lake | Blount | 34 mi | 13,770 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 120022203). Verified October 30, 2026.