Boone Lake Boat Ramps
3 boat launches are mapped on Boone Lake in Sullivan County, Washington County, Tennessee.
Boone Lake facts
| Surface area | 2,224 acres |
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| Type | Reservoir |
| Average depth | about 81 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area) |
| Shoreline length | about 52.1 miles |
| Surface elevation | 1,385 ft above sea level |
| Dam | Boone Dam, completed 1952 |
| Dam size | 160 ft high, 1,532 ft long, concrete dam |
| Dam purposes | Flood Risk Reduction, Recreation, Hydroelectric, Water Supply |
| Dam owner | TVA (Federal) |
| Normal storage | 180,453 acre-feet |
| Impounded stream | South Fork Holston River |
Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID TN16306). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.
Wildlife you might see at Boone Lake
Most-observed birds: Great Blue Heron (18), Belted Kingfisher (13), Field Sparrow (13), American Kestrel (12), Black Vulture (12), Eastern Bluebird (12), Double-crested Cormorant (12), Red-tailed Hawk (11), Pied-billed Grebe (10), Common Raven (10).
Other wildlife: Common Box Turtle (41), White-tailed Deer (26), Cave Salamander (8), Common Garter Snake (6), Common Watersnake (6), Groundhog (6).
Numbers are research-grade observations of each species recorded in and around the water by the iNaturalist community (166 bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian species in the area). Sightings are not guaranteed.
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Counties
- Sullivan County (2)
- Washington County (1)