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Davy Crockett Lake is an 87-acre (35.21 ha; 0.14 sq mi) body of water located on Tennessee State Route 152 in Crockett County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It was originally named Humboldt Lake. [1] It is a fishing lake home to catfish and largemouth bass. [2]
Davy Crockett Lake is a 383-acre (154.99 ha; 0.60 sq mi) body of water impounded by Nolichucky Dam on the Nolichucky River, 7 miles (11 km) south of Greeneville in Greene County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is also known as the Davy Crockett Reservoir and is maintained by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). [1]
A 40-acre (16 ha) lake offers opportunities for fishing and boating. [2] Visitor facilities include two campgrounds and a restaurant. [2] [3] Seven two-bedroom visitor cabins built in the park in 2010 were the first vacation homes in a U.S. state park to receive LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. [6]
The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.
The Ocoee Whitewater Center, near Ducktown, Tennessee, United States, was the canoe slalom venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, [2] [3] and is the only in-river course to be used for Olympic slalom competition. A 1,640 foot (500 m) stretch of the Upper Ocoee River was narrowed by two-thirds to create the drops and eddies needed for a ...
SR 284 west (Park Road) – Fall Creek Falls State Park: Eastern terminus of SR 284: Mount Crest: SR 101 north (Lantana Road) – Lake Tansi Village, Crossville: Southern terminus of SR 101: Pikeville: US 127 north (Alvin C. York Highway/SR 28 north) – Crossville: Western end of US 127/SR 28 concurrency
Watts Bar's sport fishing ratings for crappie, black crappie, largemouth bass, and spotted bass are at or near the top in the TVA system. [3] ( The state of Tennessee advises against eating fish caught in certain areas of the lake due to PCB contamination.) [4] The area also provides many opportunities for birdwatching, with an extremely large population of great blue herons, over 120 nesting ...
Catoosa Wildlife Management Area is a large game-management area on the Upper Cumberland Plateau in Morgan, Cumberland and Fentress counties in Tennessee in the United States. It comprises 96,000 acres (332 km 2 ) of wild land administered by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).