Cherokee Lake
- Area
- 110 km²
- Tonight
- 45°FFair · Wind 0 mph
Cherokee Lake is a lake at 319 m above sea level in Tennessee, United States, 110 km² in area and 55.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 319 m
- Length
- 55.8 km
- Shoreline
- 599.9 km
Cherokee Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 599.9 km
Cherokee Lake 3D map
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Cherokee Lake terrain and contours
20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Cherokee Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Cherokee Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 45°F (7°C) · Wind 0 mph
Cherokee Lake forecast for about 327 m.
- Tonight45°–0 mph
- Sat46°73°–0 mph
- Sun44°72°–5 mph E
- Mon46°73°–0 mph
- Tue50°74°–0 mph
- Wed49°74°–0 mph
- Thu49°75°–0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:06 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cherokee Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cherokee Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.7 km ESE
Nearest campsite
Wa-Ni Village
Nearest caravan site
Greenlee Campground
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.7 km ESE |
| Wa-Ni VillageCampsite | 1.8 km WNW |
| Greenlee CampgroundCaravan site | 2.2 km N |
| Maysprings CampgroundCaravan site | 2.3 km W |
| Parking | 2.5 km W |
| Parking | 2.6 km E |
| Panther Creek State Park CampgroundCampsite | 2.9 km E |
| Caravan site | 3.1 km W |
| Cardinal CoveCampsite | 5.8 km NNE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 87% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.8% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 339 m low point 279 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 10 km of Cherokee Lake.
Summit list 5
- 1Rice Knob389 m 0.6 km SSW
- 2Hunt Knob419 m 1.0 km ENE
- 3Ore Mine Hill472 m 3.4 km ENE
- 4Poplar Hill411 m 3.7 km SSE
- 5Murrell Hill384 m 4.6 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 882 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Wild comfrey57
- American cancer-root44
- Common pawpaw33
- Twinleaf33
- White-tailed Deer32
- Eastern redcedar32
Where Cherokee Lake sits
- Region
- Tennessee15United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Cherokee Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)