Resource Manager's Office
71 Corps Lane
Carthage, TN 37030-9710
(615) 735-1034
Location & description:
Cordell Hull Lake is located on the Cumberland River in Smith, Jackson, and Clay counties of Tennessee. The dam is located at river mile 313.5, about 5 miles upstream of the city of Carthage, Tennessee. The 72-mile long lake with its 381 miles of shoreline contains 11,960 surface areas of water.
Boating
Cordell Hull Lake provides boaters with a wide variety of opportunities to enjoy their respective recreational interests. It has and 22 boat-launching ramps. Personal Flotation Devices are required for certain boaters such as personal watercraft, children under the age of 12, and boaters operating in the tailwaters downstream of the dam.
Marinas
Cordell Hull Lake offers two commercial marinas that provide a wide variety of services for visitors to the lake.
Defeated Creek Marina
P.O. Box 321
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 774-3131
Granville Marina
7316 Granville HWY
Granville, TN 38564
(931) 653-4360
Fishing
Roaring River and its tributaries, Blackburn Fork and Spring Creek are excellent smallmouth bass and rock bass streams. The most popular species in the lake include: White bass, Hybrid Rockfish, Rockfish (Striped bass), Rockfish (Striped bass), Catfish, Crappie, Gizzard Shad.
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