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The lake is formed by the damming of the Obey River, 7.3 miles (11.7 km) above its juncture with the Cumberland River at river mile 380. Portions of the lake also cover the Wolf River . Dale Hollow is one of four major flood control reservoirs for the Cumberland; the others being Percy Priest Lake , Lake Cumberland , and Center Hill Lake . [ 2 ]
Tennessee State Route 22 (Broad Street) crosses US 412 in the center of Lexington, leading north 9 miles (14 km) to Interstate 40 at Parkers Crossroads and south 20 miles (32 km) to Milledgeville. According to the United States Census Bureau , Lexington has a total area of 12.4 square miles (32.2 km 2 ), of which 12.2 square miles (31.7 km 2 ...
After a section of the Tennessee Midland Railway was built through the area between 1888 and 1890, the name of the community was officially settled as Beech Bluff, [8] deriving its appellation from a large grove of native beech trees near a local bluff. [9] By 1897, the population had grown to approximately three hundred. [10]
The Beech River is a 38.3-mile-long (61.6 km) [1] stream draining the east-central portion of West Tennessee in the United States. [2] The Beech rises about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Lexington, Tennessee. In the same area are the headwaters of two other West Tennessee rivers, the Big Sandy River and the Middle Fork of the Forked Deer River.
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. [2] ( The state of Tennessee advises against eating fish caught in certain areas of the lake due to PCB contamination.) [3] The area also provides many opportunities for birdwatching, with an extremely large population of great blue herons, over 120 nesting ...
A kayak on a beach ar Lake Jocassee. Take refuge from the heat at Lake Murray. ... ∎ No. 4: Norris Lake, Tennessee. ∎ No. 5: Lake Superior, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States 171,280-acre national recreation area (69,310 ha) in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. It was designated as a national recreation area in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy and developed using funds appropriated during the Johnson administration .
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakes of Tennessee Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory ...