Tennessee Lakes
Norris Lake, Tennessee
Norris Lake is a reservoir created in 1936. This was the first dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Norris Lake is used to produce electricity and also serves as the largest flood control storage of any TVA dam. Rebecca... Read more
Douglas Lake, Tennessee
Douglas Lake is a reservoir created by damming the French Broad River in Eastern Tennessee in 1943. Located just a few miles from the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area, the 30,400 acre lake borders Jefferson, Sevier, Hamblen,... Read more
Fort Loudon Lake, Tennessee
Fort Loudon Lake is a 14,600 acre reservoir lake with 360 miles of shoreline on the Upper Tennessee River. The lake is formed by the Holston, French Broad and Little Tennessee rivers and it’s is derived from Fort Loudon... Read more
Cherokee Lake, Tennessee
Cherokee Lake is a large reservoir lake in Tennessee created by the construction of the Cherokee Dam. The lake covers about 30,300 acres and has 463 miles of shoreline. In a normal year water levels can vary by about 27 feet. Rebecca... Read more
Watts Bar Lake, Tennessee
Watts Bar Lake is a large 39,000 acre reservoir lake located in the heart of the Tennessee River Valley. The lake has over 780 miles of shoreline and spans across four counties: Roane, Meigs, Rhea and Loudon counties near... Read more
