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Lakes Near Chattanooga, Tennessee

38 counted Tennessee lakes sit within 60 miles of Chattanooga - the largest is Chickamauga Lake at 27,237 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Chickamauga Lake	Hamilton	24 mi	27,237 acres	-
Tims Ford Lake	Franklin	52 mi	7,745 acres	-
Nickajack Lake	Marion	13 mi	6,928 acres	-
Woods Reservoir	Franklin	46 mi	3,628 acres	-
Judd Slough	Meigs	32 mi	3,269 acres	-
Normandy Lake	Coffee	58 mi	3,124 acres	-
Lake Ocoee	Polk	40 mi	1,847 acres	-
Ocoee Number Three Lake	Polk	49 mi	545 acres	-
Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Dam and Reservoir	Hamilton	5 mi	526 acres	-
Lake Tansi	Cumberland	58 mi	396 acres	-
Fall Creek Falls Lake	Van Buren	42 mi	302 acres	-
London Mills Tailings Pond	Polk	54 mi	281 acres	-
Meadow Park Lake	Cumberland	60 mi	266 acres	-
AEDC Retention Reservoir	Coffee	48 mi	94 acres	-
Billy Branch Lake	White	58 mi	91 acres	-
Day Lake	Franklin	34 mi	86 acres	-
S K Johnson Lake	Grundy	28 mi	80 acres	-
Big Creek Lake	Grundy	32 mi	75 acres	-
Harvest Farms Lake	Warren	51 mi	75 acres	-
Campbell Cove Lake	Polk	52 mi	65 acres	-
Clifftops Lake	Marion	33 mi	65 acres	-
Cumberland Mountain Lake	Grundy	40 mi	65 acres	-
Bickerstaff Lake	Bledsoe	39 mi	64 acres	-
Blue Spring Slough	Rhea	44 mi	59 acres	-
Ramsey Lake	Grundy	31 mi	58 acres	-
Morton Lake	Coffee	54 mi	51 acres	-
Duncan Lake	Franklin	46 mi	50 acres	-
Gypsum Pond	Polk	54 mi	50 acres	-
Lake Karen	Warren	52 mi	45 acres	-
Sweetwater Creek Watershed Number One Reservoir	McMinn	58 mi	45 acres	-
Parker Lake	Grundy	33 mi	39 acres	-
Lake Tullahoma	Coffee	56 mi	36 acres	-
Cumberland Mountain Sd Company Lake	Grundy	40 mi	34 acres	-
Goose Pond	Grundy	36 mi	27 acres	-
Lake Womack	Coffee	52 mi	27 acres	-
Deerhead Lake	Sequatchie	26 mi	26 acres	-
Laurel Lake	Grundy	32 mi	25 acres	-
Tranquilechee Lake	Cumberland	55 mi	25 acres	-

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data; lake coordinates from the USGS NHD. Verified October 30, 2026.