Douglas Lake Boat Ramps

97 boat launches are mapped on Douglas Lake in Jefferson County, Sevier County, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Douglas Lake, also called Douglas Reservoir, is a reservoir created by an impoundment of the French Broad River in Eastern Tennessee. This lake is located only a few miles from the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area, and also the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Douglas Dam was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority at a record pace from February 2, 1942, through February 19, 1943, to provide hydroelectric power and to control flooding downstream in the Tennessee River Valley. (Source: Wikipedia – Douglas Lake, CC BY-SA 4.0)

6 of these launches include facility details from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).

Douglas Lake facts

Surface area29,224 acres
TypeReservoir
Average depthabout 42 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline lengthabout 133.3 miles
Surface elevation1,000 ft above sea level
DamDouglas Dam, completed 1943
Dam size202 ft high, 1,705 ft long, concrete dam
Dam purposesFlood Risk Reduction, Navigation, Recreation, Hydroelectric, Water Supply
Dam ownerTVA (Federal)
Normal storage1,223,511 acre-feet
Impounded streamFrench Broad 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 TN15501). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

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