Foothills Parkway passes just to the northwest, and the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies just to the southeast.

[7] Specimens of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii, an exotic species that is widespread in the United States, have been found in the lake.

[8] Downstream of Lake in the Sky, Flat Creek had elevated iron concentrations in fall and summer of 2003.

He found a small reddish stone, which was examined by Andrés Suarez, a "melter of gold and silver".

[12] The Blount County Fire Protection District has its station #8 at 5714 Flats Road, on the east shore of the lake.