Lakes / Tennessee / Hawkins County / Waste Lagoon
Waste Lagoon, Tennessee
32 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Tennessee
36.49 degrees N, 82.77 degrees W - Hawkins 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 Waste Lagoon Stacks Up
- Larger than 17% of the 249 lakes counted in Tennessee.
- About 67 miles from Gatlinburg, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsport Reservoir | Sullivan | 8.8 mi | 38 acres |
| Fort Patrick Henry Lake | Sullivan | 16 mi | 849 acres |
| Boone Lake | Washington | 22 mi | 2,005 acres |
| Boone Lake | Sullivan | 23 mi | 2,224 acres |
| Davy Crockett Lake | Greene | 29 mi | 204 acres |
| Steele Creek Park Lake | Sullivan | 31 mi | 54 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 138804646). Verified October 30, 2026.