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Citico Creek Wilderness is a 16,226-acre (66 km 2) wilderness area within the Cherokee National Forest in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The wilderness contains the entire upper drainage of Citico Creek, which consists of the north and south forks and at least eight tributaries.
The Slickrock Creek basin is coated primarily by a mature second-growth cove hardwood forest, although a substantial old growth stand still exists in its upper watershed. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness borders the Citico Creek Wilderness , which lies within the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee .
The Cherokee National Forest contains such notable sites as the Ocoee River (site of the 1996 Olympic whitewater events); 150 miles (240 km) of the Appalachian Trail; Citico Creek Wilderness; Big Frog Mountain within Big Frog Wilderness, and surrounds both the Tennessee Valley Authority Watauga Reservoir and Wilbur Reservoir.
Drive Among The Clouds - pictures, maps, and information; Cherohala Skyway Visitor Center: A Dream Come True! Archived 2006-10-09 at the Wayback Machine - the building and dedication of the TN Visitor Center in Monroe County. Cherohala.com - commercial site with much good information, history, maps, and pictures.
Citico (also "Settaco", "Sitiku", and similar variations) is a prehistoric and historic Native American site in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The site's namesake Cherokee village was the largest of the Overhill towns , housing an estimated Indian population of 1,000 by the mid-18th century. [ 1 ]
Map of national forests and national grasslands of the United States. The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [2]
The Citico Creek Wilderness, designated as a wilderness area in 1984, protects the upper watershed of Citico Creek and consists of 16,226 acres (65.66 km 2). The Bald River Gorge Wilderness, designated as a wilderness area in 1984, consists of 3,721 acres (15.06 km 2). It protects the Bald River and its immediate watershed.
Citico Town and Mound was a major center [1] of the Coosa confederacy, [2] at the mouth of Citico Creek in the area of what is now Chattanooga, Tennessee.It was second in size to Etowah at the time of Hernando de Soto's march through the area in 1540 CE.