Best lake six hours or less from Knoxville?

[flowjet]

Guys, looking for a recommendation for a lake to spend a week at six hours or less from Knoxville. Hoping for clear water and a restaurant we can dock at. Also looking for nice scenery around the lake. Anyone care to throw anything out?

 

[2kwik4u]

Dale Hollow

 

[Joatmon]

Twin lakes in western KY. Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. They are connected through a canal on the north end so you can boat from the KY Lake end in Tennessee to the other end of Barkley for a total distance of 320 miles. Lake Cumberland is nice but very crowded on the weekends.

 

[HoosierDaddyAR190]

Norris Lake - there are plenty of restaurants and marinas, a jumping bridge, cliff jumping and rope swings. Only 1-1.5 hours from Knoxville.

 

[BlkGS]

Lake James in NC is pretty nice, and under 3 hours. Little further is Lake Norman or Lake Wylie. They're not as nice, but Lake Norman has quite the party scene.

 

[StanM]

Lake Chatuge is nice and has a good restaurant/bar you can dock at.

 

[Jahall812]

Lake Cumberland is only 2-3hrs away depending on what part of the lake you stay