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Map showing the Flint River Basin and other river basins in Georgia Boaters on the Flint River in Dougherty County The bridge of US 82 over the Flint River in Albany, Georgia Flint River at Sprewell Bluff Park. The Flint River is a 344-mile-long (554 km) [1] river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains 8,460 square miles (21,900 km 2 ...
On a high hill across the Flint River from Fort Scott was Camp Recovery, created when Thomas Lawson, a camp doctor and future Surgeon General, decided to move on September 18, 1820, about 70 invalid soldiers "likely to be benefitted by a change of air". Partly because of heavy rains, soldiers died rather than recovered, and a number are buried ...
Lake Chehaw is a small reservoir at the confluence of the Flint River, Kinchafoonee Creek, and Muckalee Creek. The concrete Flint River Dam was built in 1908 for hydroelectric generation and is owned by Georgia Power today. [1] Lake Chehaw is very riverine and shallow with average depths of 17 feet.
Flint's latitude is at 31.317 and its longitude is at -84.179. Its elevation rests at 184 feet. Flint appears on the Baconton South U.S. Geological Survey Map and lies at the intersection of U.S. 19 and Tution Road. Flint Road, River Road, and Saint Mary's Road also lie in the area. [1]
Lake Blackshear is a man-made lake on the Flint River in Georgia created by a dam that was constructed from 1925 to 1930. The lake was named after General David Blackshear. [1]
Sprewell Bluff Park, formerly Sprewell Bluff State Park, is a 1,372 acre (5.55 km 2) Upson County, Georgia, park located between Roland and Crest. The park's location on the Flint River makes it a popular place for swimming, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, and whitewater rafting.
Line Creek is a stream in Coweta, Fayette, Fulton, Meriwether, Spalding and Troup counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] It is a tributary to the Flint River. [2] Line Creek was so named for the fact the Coweta-Fayette county line is formed by its course. [2]
A modern map of Georgia highlighting the Flint River and its watershed. The Flint River is in dark blue, and the Chattahoochee River is in light blue. Dodsworth assembled his force, which numbered about 500, with the blessing of the Apalachicola chief Emperor Brim. [11] The two forces met near the Flint River when the Apalachee made a predawn ...