Cherokee Lake lakefront homes for sale
Waterfront, dockable, and lake-access listings from the Lakeway and Great Smoky Mountains MLS feeds — updated as the feeds update, with the dock and drawdown notes that decide what frontage is really worth.
Current on-water listings
Active listings around the Cherokee Lake shoreline whose MLS data indicates water frontage, dockage, or deeded lake access. Frontage and dock rights are advertised by the listing brokerage and must be independently verified.
Active149 days on market$2,300,000
6325 Coves Edge Trail
Russellville, TN 37860
MLS# 310816 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Weichert, REALTORS - Tiger Rea
Active254 days on market$2,299,000
6130 James Cline Road
Talbott, TN 37877
MLS# 709813 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Crye-Leike Lakeway Real Estate
Active135 days on market$1,999,000
6600 Fish Hatchery Road
Russellville, TN 37860
MLS# 710980 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Family Tree Realty
Active19 days on market$1,990,000
8046 Greenbriar Road
Talbott, TN 37877
MLS# 712365 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Crye-Leike Premier Real Estate LLC
Active123 days on market$1,690,000
498 Proffitt Ridge Road
Mooresburg, TN 37811
MLS# 311294 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Century 21 Legacy GP
Active61 days on market$1,475,000
4818 Fowler Drive
Morristown, TN 37814
MLS# 711869 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Elite Realty Group
Active79 days on market$1,400,000
4092 Brights Pike
Morristown, TN 37814
MLS# 711665 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of RE/MAX Real Estate Ten Midtown
Active108 days on market$1,300,000
7366 Circle Point Drive
Talbott, TN 37877
MLS# 711332 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Crye-Leike Premier Real Estate LLC
Active201 days on market$1,295,000
3111 Bridgewater Boulevard
Morristown, TN 37814
MLS# 710257 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Castle & Associates Real Estate
Active114 days on market$1,225,000
220 Misty View Circle
Rogersville, TN 37857
MLS# 711237 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of RE/MAX Real Estate Ten Midtown
Active139 days on market$1,199,900
2483 Starboard Crest Road
Morristown, TN 37814
MLS# 710893 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of RE/MAX Real Estate Ten Midtown
Active85 days on market$1,199,900
3135 Bridgewater Boulevard
Morristown, TN 37814
MLS# 711030 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of RE/MAX Real Estate Ten Midtown
Active60 days on market$1,150,000
2009 Tahlequah Lane
Mooresburg, TN 37811
MLS# 711887 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Keller Williams Properties
Active179 days on market$975,000
2005 River Mist Circle
New Market, TN 37820
MLS# 710460 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Crye-Leike Premier Real Estate LLC
Active157 days on market$885,000
217 Masters Lane
Bean Station, TN 37708
MLS# 710694 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Keller Williams Properties
Active28 days on market$875,000
1225 Legacy Bay Drive
Mooresburg, TN 37811
MLS# 712262 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Castle & Associates Real Estate
Active131 days on market$875,000
2233 Windswept Way
Morristown, TN 37814
MLS# 711009 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Crye-Leike Premier Real Estate LLC
Active35 days on market$850,000
12001 Harbor View
Mooresburg, TN 37811
MLS# 712175 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Wright Property Marketing Group
Active9 days on market$845,000
155 Lakeshore Bay Drive
Jefferson City, TN 37760
MLS# 712516 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Lake Homes Realty
Active155 days on market$810,000
300 Twin Church Road
Bean Station, TN 37708
MLS# 710729 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Castle & Associates Real Estate
Active327 days on market$799,000
182 Lakeshore Bay Drive
Jefferson City, TN 37760
MLS# 709101 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Lake Homes Realty
Active45 days on market$790,000
7713 MELANIE CIRCLE
Talbott, TN 37877
MLS# 708679 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Crye-Leike Premier Real Estate LLC
Active99 days on market$749,000
2145 Fall Creek Road
Russellville, TN 37860
MLS# 711444 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Keller Williams Properties
Active35 days on market$715,000
2107 Iroquois Drive
Jefferson City, TN 37760
MLS# 712173 · Single Family Residence
Listing courtesy of Crystal Jacobs Realty
Buying on the water: docks, TVA, and winter pool
General guidance about TVA reservoir property, not advice about any specific listing. Verify permitting, easements, and elevations for the exact parcel before you rely on them.
A dock is a TVA permit, not a given
Cherokee is a TVA reservoir, so private water-use facilities — docks, boathouses, ramps, seawalls — require a TVA Section 26a permit in addition to any county approval. An existing dock on a listing does not automatically transfer as-is, and a lot with frontage is not automatically permittable. Ask for the current permit before you write, and verify status directly with TVA.
Check the water at winter pool
TVA draws Cherokee down through the fall and holds a lower winter elevation, so depth at your dock in July is not the depth in January. Back-of-cove parcels that look ideal in summer can sit over mudflat at winter pool. Where possible, look at the parcel — or bathymetric depth data — at the lower elevation before valuing frontage.
Frontage, flowage easement, and what you actually own
Many shoreline parcels stop at a TVA flowage easement or a strip of TVA-owned land, meaning the deeded line is above the water. That affects dock rights, vegetation management, and what can be built near the shore. A survey plus the TVA shoreline classification for that segment tells you what the frontage number really means.
Main channel vs. protected cove
Wide main-channel frontage brings long views, deeper water, and more boat traffic and wind; long coves trade view for calm water and privacy. Both trade at a premium to off-water and lake-access property, and the spread between them varies by shoreline segment rather than lake-wide.
TVA publishes Section 26a permitting requirements, shoreline classification, and reservoir elevation data at tva.com.
Shoreline segments we cover
- Bean Station & Mooresburg — North shore under Clinch Mountain; our home base.
- Morristown & Talbott — South shore, closest to I-81 and services.
- Rutledge & Thorn Hill — Grainger County coves and acreage near the water.
- Rogersville & Whitesburg — Northeast end of the reservoir, Hawkins County.
- Jefferson City & Russellville — Southwest shoreline and lake-access communities.
Because Cherokee runs through four counties, pricing is best read segment by segment rather than lake-wide. Dockable main-channel frontage generally leads, then protected cove frontage, then ridge-view and off-water lake-access property.
Want the on-water listings before they hit the portals?
We're based in Bean Station on the north shore. Tell us your cove, depth, and dock requirements and we'll send matching frontage as it comes up — plus a private valuation if you already own here.
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