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Largest Lakes in Tennessee

Ranked by surface area, from USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Flowages and reservoirs count here - size is size - and each is labeled in its own record.

#	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	-
6	Dale Hollow Lake	Clay	25,511 acres	-
7	Norris Lake	Union	23,285 acres	-
8	Center Hill Lake	DeKalb	17,266 acres	-
9	Tellico Lake	Monroe	15,159 acres	-
10	J Percy Priest Reservoir	Davidson	14,035 acres	-
11	Fort Loudoun Lake	Blount	13,770 acres	-
12	Cordell Hull Reservoir	Jackson	11,631 acres	-
13	Reading House Slough	Lake	10,945 acres	-
14	Tims Ford Lake	Franklin	7,745 acres	-
15	South Holston Lake	Sullivan	7,486 acres	-
16	Nickajack Lake	Marion	6,928 acres	-
17	Watauga Lake	Carter	6,353 acres	-
18	Melton Hill Lake	Anderson	5,758 acres	-
19	Woods Reservoir	Franklin	3,628 acres	-
20	Judd Slough	Meigs	3,269 acres	-
21	Normandy Lake	Coffee	3,124 acres	-
22	Whiteoak Lake	Roane	2,271 acres	-
23	Boone Lake	Sullivan	2,224 acres	-
24	Boone Lake	Washington	2,005 acres	-
25	Lake Ocoee	Polk	1,847 acres	-
26	Chilhowee Lake	Monroe	1,680 acres	-
27	Lake McKellar	Shelby	1,459 acres	-
28	Open Lake	Lauderdale	1,101 acres	-
29	Fort Patrick Henry Lake	Sullivan	849 acres	-
30	Beech Lake	Henderson	794 acres	-
31	Pinoak Lake	Henderson	663 acres	-
32	The Chute	Lauderdale	593 acres	-
33	Whites Lake	Dyer	563 acres	-
34	Everett Lake	Dyer	560 acres	-
35	Calderwood Lake	Blount	556 acres	-
36	Ocoee Number Three Lake	Polk	545 acres	-
37	Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Dam and Reservoir	Hamilton	526 acres	-
38	Pine Lake	Henderson	446 acres	-
39	Douglas Lake	Hamblen	437 acres	-
40	Dogwood Lake	Henderson	398 acres	-
41	Lake Tansi	Cumberland	396 acres	-
42	Pool Five	Stewart	333 acres	-
43	Lake Barkley	Stewart	321 acres	-
44	Norris Lake	Campbell	310 acres	-
45	Fall Creek Falls Lake	Van Buren	302 acres	-
46	Laurel Hill Lake	Lawrence	292 acres	-
47	London Mills Tailings Pond	Polk	281 acres	-
48	Chisholm Lake	Lauderdale	274 acres	-
49	Meadow Park Lake	Cumberland	266 acres	-
50	Bards Lake	Stewart	255 acres	-
51	Lakeland Lake	Shelby	236 acres	-
52	Lake Holiday	Cumberland	224 acres	-
53	Sycamore Lake	Henderson	213 acres	-
54	Lost Lake	Lauderdale	208 acres	-
55	Davy Crockett Lake	Greene	204 acres	-
56	Garrett Lake	Weakley	201 acres	-
57	Redbud Lake	Henderson	194 acres	-
58	Robco Lake	Shelby	193 acres	-
59	Reelfoot Indian Creek Number Ten Lake	Obion	186 acres	-
60	Herb Parsons Lake	Fayette	181 acres	-
61	Browns Creek Lake	Henderson	175 acres	-
62	Big Hill Pond Lake	McNairy	169 acres	-
63	Cove Lake	Campbell	167 acres	-
64	Middle Fork Obion Lake Five	Henry	156 acres	-
65	Wolf River Lagoon	Shelby	153 acres	-
66	Fox Creek Lake	Cumberland	146 acres	-
67	Cedar Lake	Henderson	143 acres	-
68	Whiteville Lake	Hardeman	142 acres	-
69	Corona Lake	Tipton	128 acres	-
70	OFDBA Lake Site Number 60-6	Dyer	128 acres	-
71	Brown Creek Lake	Cumberland	118 acres	-
72	Grand Valley Lake	Hardeman	113 acres	-
73	Poplar Tree Lake	Shelby	110 acres	-
74	Dan Maddox Lake	Lewis	103 acres	-
75	Larry Turner Lake	Cumberland	103 acres	-
76	Tailings Pond Number Ten	Maury	101 acres	-
77	Indian Creek Watershed Number Seven Lake	Hardeman	97 acres	-
78	Cockleburr Lake	Shelby	96 acres	-
79	Coro Lake	Shelby	96 acres	-
80	AEDC Retention Reservoir	Coffee	94 acres	-
81	Right Hand Arm	Lauderdale	94 acres	-
82	Indian Boundary Lake	Monroe	93 acres	-
83	Lake Barkley	Stewart	93 acres	-
84	Billy Branch Lake	White	91 acres	-
85	Carroll Lake	Carroll	91 acres	-
86	Tailings Pond Number Nine	Maury	88 acres	-
87	Lake Barkley	Stewart	87 acres	-
88	Maple Creek Lake	Carroll	87 acres	-
89	Day Lake	Franklin	86 acres	-
90	Mayland Lake	Cumberland	86 acres	-
91	Muddy Creek Lake Number Twenty-one	Hardeman	82 acres	-
92	Wardlows Pocket	Lauderdale	82 acres	-
93	Mud Creek Watershed Lake Nine	Weakley	80 acres	-
94	S K Johnson Lake	Grundy	80 acres	-
95	Glengary Lake	Fayette	79 acres	-
96	Middle Fork Obion Lake Number Seven	Henry	78 acres	-
97	Reelfoot Indian Creek Watershed Number Seven Reservoir	Obion	78 acres	-
98	New Shoal Creek Reservoir	Lawrence	76 acres	-
99	Big Creek Lake	Grundy	75 acres	-
100	Harvest Farms Lake	Warren	75 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 249 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Tennessee page, for the full inventory.

Source: USGS National Hydrography Dataset lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.