Boone Lake

Boone Lake in Tennessee

On the map, Boone Lake is centered near 36.4403, -82.4383. The surface sits around 1,375 feet above sea level. Releases go downstream into the Holston River.

Where there is no marked beach, entry is usually from a boat ramp or an unimproved bank. The nearest mapped swimming spot is Holston Mountain Area on South Holston Lake, roughly 21 miles away. Boone Lake has no catalogued swimming beach in the sources we read, so plan around the managing agency's own facilities.

Check the operating agency for advisories before any water contact, especially for blue-green algae in late summer. Swimming season in Tennessee runs through the warm months, and day-use areas set their own opening dates. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown.

No public gauge reports the water level at Boone Lake, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured. Local marinas and park offices usually know the current state of the water better than any feed.

If Boone Lake is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Fort Patrick Henry Lake (Tennessee, 6 mi), South Holston Lake (Tennessee, 20 mi) and Watauga Lake (Tennessee, 25 mi). Tennessee has 25 lakes on this site in total.