Hiwassee Lake
Hiwassee Lake is a reservoir in Cherokee, North Carolina. Hiwassee Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Hiwassee Village, as well as near Ogreeta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hiwassee Dam.
Hiwassee Dam
Power station
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Hiwassee Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is one of three dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s to bring flood control and electricity to the region.
Hiwassee Lake
- Type: Reservoir
- Also known as: “Hiwassee Reservoir” and “Lake Hiwassee”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cherokee, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.15286° or 35° 9′ 10″ northLongitude
-84.17797° or 84° 10′ 41″ westElevation
1,503 feet (458 metres)Open location code
867Q5R3C+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 357802124OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=reservoirGeoNames ID
4471323
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