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Lakes Near Nashville, Tennessee

38 counted Tennessee lakes sit within 60 miles of Nashville - the largest is Center Hill Lake at 17,266 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Center Hill Lake	DeKalb	59 mi	17,266 acres	-
J Percy Priest Reservoir	Davidson	14 mi	14,035 acres	-
Cordell Hull Reservoir	Jackson	56 mi	11,631 acres	-
Normandy Lake	Coffee	59 mi	3,124 acres	-
Pool Five	Stewart	57 mi	333 acres	-
Lake Barkley	Stewart	51 mi	321 acres	-
Tailings Pond Number Ten	Maury	37 mi	101 acres	-
Lake Barkley	Stewart	58 mi	93 acres	-
Tailings Pond Number Nine	Maury	40 mi	88 acres	-
Lake Barkley	Stewart	56 mi	87 acres	-
Lake Kyle	Stewart	57 mi	75 acres	-
Radnor Lake	Davidson	7 mi	72 acres	-
Stauffer Chemical Tailings Pond Number Nineteen	Maury	50 mi	71 acres	-
Hooker Number Six Tailings Pond	Maury	38 mi	65 acres	-
Ackers Lake	Wilson	21 mi	63 acres	-
Arrow Lake	Maury	51 mi	62 acres	-
Marrowbone Lake	Davidson	12 mi	58 acres	-
Morton Lake	Coffee	60 mi	51 acres	-
Tailings Pond Number Ten	Maury	40 mi	51 acres	-
Bedford Lake	Coffee	54 mi	50 acres	-
Lake Woodhaven	Dickson	29 mi	48 acres	-
Cunningham Broadbent Lake	Montgomery	47 mi	47 acres	-
Hooker Chemical Pond C	Maury	40 mi	45 acres	-
Tailings Pond Number Twelve	Maury	40 mi	37 acres	-
Stauffer Globe Pond Number Twenty-one	Maury	49 mi	33 acres	-
Elaine Lake	Bedford	59 mi	31 acres	-
Lake Taal	Montgomery	49 mi	30 acres	-
Cross Creek Reservoir	Stewart	58 mi	29 acres	-
Lake Barkley	Stewart	56 mi	29 acres	-
Lake Barkley	Stewart	56 mi	28 acres	-
Lewisburg Reservoir	Marshall	53 mi	28 acres	-
Wartrace Lake	Robertson	24 mi	28 acres	-
Jennings Creek Lake Number Eighteen	Jackson	58 mi	27 acres	-
Highland Lake	Lewis	60 mi	26 acres	-
Acorn Lake	Dickson	28 mi	25 acres	-
Lake Anne	Cannon	51 mi	25 acres	-
Portland City Lake	Sumner	35 mi	25 acres	-
Tailings Pond Number Five	Maury	39 mi	25 acres	-

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