Watts Bar Lake has 12 marinas, ranging from full-service operations with fuel, repair, and on-site dining to smaller community marinas with covered slips. Most are concentrated through the mid-lake corridor; the dam end and the upper riverine each have a couple of options.
An older lakefront resort and marina that trades on a quiet cove, a white-sand beach, and a fishing-centric repeat clientele.
Lakeside Resort sits on Whites Creek Road in Spring City, offering covered boat slips, a bait shop, fishing licenses, motel rooms and cottages, a small grocery, and a white-sand beach. The property is older and shows some wear, but stays clean and draws a loyal angling and family crowd that returns year after year.
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 mid-lake family resort that bundles marina, restaurant, brewery, pool, and floating cabins on one property.
Family-owned marina and resort in Ten Mile with covered and open slips, fuel dock, transient hookups, a saltwater pool, on-site dining and a brewery, and floating lake cabins guests rent right beside their boat.
A family-run marina on the lake's mid-section that does slips, fuel, boat rentals, a motel, and a Friday-Saturday restaurant under one roof.
Terrace View Marina sits on Euchee Chapel Road in Spring City, operating gas and diesel fuel, slips, transient docking, pontoon rentals, a ship store, and a small motel. The on-site Terrace View Restaurant runs Friday and Saturday evenings and draws a strong local following for its catfish, homemade desserts, and deck seating over the water.
A quiet mid-lake resort and marina with log cabins, covered slips, and a slow rebuild on the food side after the Front Porch Restaurant burned.
Arrowhead Resort sits on Bennett Drive in Spring City with log cabins, RV sites, a small camping area, covered boat slips, a boat ramp, and a bait shop. The on-site Front Porch Restaurant burned and is in slow rebuild; food trucks are filling in for now. Confirm before planning a meal-driven trip into the cove.
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 mid-lake cove stop with a floating bar, weekend live music, an RV park, and the kind of down-home crowd that stays through the evening.
Bayside Marina and Resort sits in a cove off Ten Mile at 134 Bayside Drive, with boat slips, transient power, gas, an RV park, a floating bar with weekend live music, and a small food menu. The owners are frequently praised for their friendliness and the fishing off the docks is described as consistently productive.
A lower-lake marina with renovated waterfront cabins, covered slips, a year-round fuel dock, and Nick's Lakeside Grill on the grounds.
Spring City Resort and Marina sits at the lower end of Watts Bar Lake on New Lake Road in Spring City. The property offers renovated waterfront cabins, covered and open slips, a year-round fuel dock with floating docks, and Nick's Lakeside Grill on site.
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.
12 marinas at last count. The biggest is Blue Springs Marina near Ten Mile, with 260+ slips, fuel, repair, and the on-site Crow's Nest restaurant.
Most full-service marinas on Watts Bar carry gas. Diesel is at the larger marinas only. Hours and pump availability shift by season; calling ahead is the best move.
Yes. Most full-service marinas accept overnight transients. Reservations are recommended on summer weekends; calling a day ahead is enough at most stops.
Blue Springs Marina near Ten Mile is the most accessible single-stop, with everything in one place: fuel, slips, store, repair, restaurant, and rentals.
Last updated: May 30, 2026