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Lakes Near Knoxville, Tennessee

33 counted Tennessee lakes sit within 60 miles of Knoxville - the largest is Watts Bar Lake at 33,441 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Watts Bar Lake	Roane	43 mi	33,441 acres	-
Cherokee Lake	Hamblen	42 mi	29,436 acres	-
Douglas Lake	Jefferson	30 mi	29,224 acres	-
Norris Lake	Union	24 mi	23,285 acres	-
Tellico Lake	Monroe	29 mi	15,159 acres	-
Fort Loudoun Lake	Blount	12 mi	13,770 acres	-
Melton Hill Lake	Anderson	16 mi	5,758 acres	-
Whiteoak Lake	Roane	30 mi	2,271 acres	-
Chilhowee Lake	Monroe	30 mi	1,680 acres	-
Calderwood Lake	Blount	33 mi	556 acres	-
Douglas Lake	Hamblen	40 mi	437 acres	-
Norris Lake	Campbell	24 mi	310 acres	-
Davy Crockett Lake	Greene	60 mi	204 acres	-
Cove Lake	Campbell	29 mi	167 acres	-
Fox Creek Lake	Cumberland	59 mi	146 acres	-
Brown Creek Lake	Cumberland	55 mi	118 acres	-
Larry Turner Lake	Cumberland	59 mi	103 acres	-
Indian Boundary Lake	Monroe	40 mi	93 acres	-
Howard H Baker Senior Lake	Scott	51 mi	60 acres	-
Blue Spring Slough	Rhea	60 mi	59 acres	-
Lake in the Sky	Blount	21 mi	55 acres	-
Laurel Mountain Lake	Monroe	43 mi	49 acres	-
Sweetwater Creek Watershed Number One Reservoir	McMinn	43 mi	45 acres	-
Canterbury Lake	Cumberland	55 mi	44 acres	-
Ryan Lake	Cumberland	55 mi	40 acres	-
La Follette Reservoir	Campbell	32 mi	33 acres	-
Linger Lake	Cumberland	60 mi	32 acres	-
Frances Lake	Cumberland	58 mi	30 acres	-
Laxion Lake	Scott	50 mi	29 acres	-
Pine Creek Number One Lake	Scott	49 mi	29 acres	-
Ponderosa Lake	Scott	50 mi	27 acres	-
Ballard Mill Lead Mine Pond	Monroe	36 mi	26 acres	-
Tranquilechee Lake	Cumberland	57 mi	25 acres	-

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