
Norris Lake
- Area
- 132 km²
- Tonight
- 43°FFair · Wind 0 mph
Norris Lake is a lake at 306 m above sea level in Tennessee, United States, 132 km² in area and 69.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 306 m
- Length
- 69.0 km
- Shoreline
- 1,185.1 km
Norris Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 1,185.1 km
Norris Lake 3D map
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Norris Lake terrain and contours
10 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.
Norris Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Norris Lake weather
Tonight · Fair · 43°F (6°C) · Wind 0 mph
Norris Lake forecast for about 367 m.
- Tonight43°–0 mph
- Sat44°73°–0 mph
- Sun42°72°–0 mph
- Mon45°73°–0 mph
- Tue47°74°–0 mph
- Wed47°73°–0 mph
- Thu47°75°–0 mph
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:06 UTC.
Camping & parking near Norris Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Norris Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest caravan site
3.4 km NE
Nearest campsite
Sharps Station Backcounty Campsite
Nearest parking
7.3 km SSW
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Caravan site | 3.4 km NE |
| Sharps Station Backcounty CampsiteCampsite | 4.1 km SW |
| Dark Hollow East Backcounty CampsiteCampsite | 4.6 km SSW |
| Dark Hollow West Backcounty CampsiteCampsite | 6.8 km SW |
| Parking | 7.3 km SSW |
| Parking | 7.4 km SSW |
| Parking | 7.9 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 64% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.8% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 258 m low point 297 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.
Where Norris Lake sits
- Region
- Tennessee15United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Norris 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)
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)