Where can I get fuel for my boat on Watts Bar Lake?

A renovated Kingston-area marina with new slips, a fuel dock, rotating weekend food trucks, and the kind of owner energy that makes people drive past other options.

Long Island Marina is off the main channel near Kingston, recently renovated with new docks and a 100-percent gas fuel dock. The operation runs a ship store with bait, beer, and snacks; weekend food trucks that rotate; live music on many weekends; and pontoon and kayak rentals. The ownership and staff are the most consistent positive note.

A newer, well-run resort marina on a lakeside peninsula that runs its campground like a resort and its Cantina like a neighborhood bar.

Rockwood Marina and RV Resort sits on a peninsula extending into Watts Bar Lake in Rockwood, about ten minutes off I-40. The marina handles fuel, slips, and boat services; the RV resort side offers waterfront sites, clean bathhouses, a saltwater pool, a dog park, and the Cove Cantina with delivery to your site.

A large off-channel working marina up Caney Creek, gated and practical, with over 200 slips and a ship store that actually has what you need.

Caney Creek Marina sits off the main channel two miles up Caney Creek in Harriman, accessible from river mile 562.5 on Watts Bar Lake. The marina offers over 200 covered and open slips, pontoon rentals, gas, free pumpout, a ship store stocked with accessories and snacks, and a weekend grill and bar. The approach requires checking bridge clearance (22-foot maximum vertical clearance).

The biggest marina on the lake, and on summer weekends you feel it.

The largest marina on Watts Bar, in a protected cove near Ten Mile. Fuel, repair, ship store, rentals, 260-plus slips on floating docks, the Crow's Nest restaurant, and live music on weekend nights.

The new resort marina, paired with a Greg Norman course and an outdoor concert lawn.

A newer, smaller marina on a peninsula off the main channel near Ten Mile, attached to the Tennessee National residential community. Pontoon rentals, fuel, slips, a clubhouse, the Sunset Saloon, and an outdoor concert lawn that hosts touring tribute acts.

A locally owned, lakefront campground and marina that recently came back to life under new ownership.

Shelter Cove sits on Watts Bar Lake in Spring City with covered boat slips, full-hookup RV sites, waterfront duplex and cabin rentals, and a sandy beach. The property has changed hands and the current locally owned operation draws consistent praise for friendliness and cleanliness.