Lakes / Tennessee / Lake County / Reading House Slough
Reading House Slough, Tennessee
10,945 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
36.40 degrees N, 89.38 degrees W - Lake 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 Reading House Slough Stacks Up
- Larger than 94% of the 249 lakes counted in Tennessee.
- About 94 miles from Memphis, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Basin | Obion | 2.8 mi | 57 acres |
| Rat Pocket | Obion | 3.7 mi | 27 acres |
| Mud Basin | Obion | 4.4 mi | 43 acres |
| Reelfoot Indian Creek Watershed Number Seven Reservoir | Obion | 10 mi | 78 acres |
| Reelfoot Indian Creek Number Ten Lake | Obion | 14 mi | 186 acres |
| Houser Creek Dam | Obion | 17 mi | 34 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 120032827). Verified October 30, 2026.