South Holston Lake

South Holston Lake: beaches, ramps and water level

On the map, South Holston Lake is centered near 36.5242, -82.0875. Water leaves through the South Fork Holston River. It reaches roughly 250 feet at its deepest.

Around South Holston Lake this guide maps 1 named swimming spot. They include Holston Mountain Area. These come from Recreation.gov (RIDB). None is staffed by a lifeguard unless the managing agency posts one.

Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim. Most Tennessee day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. No public sensor reports water temperature at South Holston Lake, so the panel shows air temperature and wind.

There is no live level reading for South Holston Lake. The agencies that run this water do not publish one openly, and we do not estimate what has not been measured. Where an agency publishes a figure, we show it with the time it was taken; here there is none.

The closest lakes in this guide are Watauga Lake (Tennessee, 14 mi), Boone Lake (Tennessee, 20 mi) and Fort Patrick Henry Lake (Tennessee, 24 mi). In all, 25 lakes in Tennessee are covered here.