About Tennessee's Geography
- Size of the State
- About 491 miles long and 115 miles wide
- Population
- 5,900,000 (16th largest state)
- Total Area
- 42,146 square miles
- Land
- 41,220 square miles
- Water
- 926 square miles
- Geographic Center
- 5 miles NE of Murfreesboro in Rutherford County. Longitude: 86° 37.3'W, Latitude: 35° 47.7'N
- Highest Point
- Clingman's Dome, 6,643 feet, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- Lowest Point
- Mississippi Bottoms, 178 feet above sea level near the Mississippi River.
- Major Rivers
- Tennessee, Mississippi, Cumberland, Clinch, Duck
- Major Lakes
- Kentucky, Norris, Chickamauga, Cherokee, Tims Ford Reservoir
- Bordering States
- Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, North Carolina, Missouri and Arkansas
Geographical Maps
- State Map PDF
- State Quick Facts PDF
- Landcover Map (how much forest, water, etc.)
- How Public Lands are Used PDF
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