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Biggest Lakes and Reservoirs in Tennessee

Tennessee's biggest named fishing waters by surface acreage, from USGS records. 364 lakes and reservoirs carry acreage data in Tennessee; more water usually means more patterns to unlock.

In this scope: 364 waters · 186,519 acres

  1. Douglas LakeReservoir · Jefferson County29,661 acres
  2. Cherokee LakeReservoir · Hawkins County29,437 acres
  3. Dallas LakeLake · Meigs County27,237 acres
  4. Dale Hollow LakeReservoir · Overton County25,511 acres
  5. Norris LakeReservoir · Union County23,595 acres
  6. Reading House SloughLake · Lake County10,945 acres
  7. South Holston LakeReservoir · Sullivan County7,486 acres
  8. Watauga LakeReservoir · Carter County6,353 acres
  9. Melton Hill LakeReservoir · Knox County5,758 acres
  10. Boone LakeReservoir · Washington County4,230 acres
  11. Judd SloughLake · Meigs County3,269 acres
  12. Lake OcoeeReservoir · Polk County1,847 acres
  13. Lake McKellarLake · Shelby County1,459 acres
  14. Fort Patrick Henry LakeReservoir · Sullivan County849 acres
  15. Whites LakeLake · Dyer County563 acres
  16. Ocoee Number Three LakeReservoir · Polk County545 acres
  17. Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Dam and ReservoirReservoir · Marion County526 acres
  18. Hopefield ChuteLake · Shelby County398 acres
  19. Pool FiveReservoir · Stewart County333 acres
  20. London Mills Tailings PondReservoir · Polk County281 acres
  21. Bards LakeReservoir · Stewart County255 acres
  22. Lakeland LakeReservoir · Shelby County236 acres
  23. Garrett LakeReservoir · Weakley County201 acres
  24. Robco LakeLake · Shelby County193 acres
  25. Reelfoot Indian Creek Number Ten LakeReservoir · Obion County186 acres

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