Tellico Lake gifts, ornaments and shirts
38 five-star reviews on our Etsy shop
Thirty-three miles of the Little Tennessee, backed up into the mountains, with the Tellico River arm coming in: that’s the Tellico outline. The dam makes no power at all; it just makes the lake.
Start here
Thirty-three miles of the Little Tennessee, backed up into the mountains, with the Tellico River arm coming in: that’s the Tellico outline. The dam makes no power at all; it just makes the lake.
Everything for Tellico Lake
Make it yours
Your names, a year, or your spot on Tellico Lake, on our Tellico Lake outline. Tell us what you'd like and we'll email you a few pictures and the price. You only pay once you've picked one.
Shirts, hoodies, mugs, posters, flags and more.
Tellico Lake, as we draw it
The outline includes the Tellico River arm. Every piece here uses this same drawing.
NearLenoir CityTellico VillageRarity BayMorgantonGreenback
More of Tellico Lake
Real photos of Tellico Lake, each credited to the person who took it.
.jpg){kind=link}
Tellico Lake facts, with sources
- River
- Little Tennessee River
- Dam
- Tellico Dam, completed 1979
- Dam location
- Loudon County, Tennessee
- Managing agency
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
- Surface area
- 15,560 acres
- Shoreline
- 357 miles
Sources: tva.com, en.wikipedia.org
Questions about Tellico Lake
Does Tellico Dam generate electricity?
No. Tellico has no generators; its water flows through a short canal into Fort Loudoun Reservoir and helps drive the four generating units at Fort Loudoun Dam.
How big is Tellico Lake?
TVA lists 357 miles of shoreline and 15,560 acres of water surface along 33 miles of the Little Tennessee River.
What is there to see near Tellico Lake?
TVA points to a reconstruction of the original Fort Loudoun, a British fort from the French and Indian War, and the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, which honors the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet.
Looking for a different lake? Tell us which one, and the lakes people ask for most get drawn next.
Tell us your lake