Nantahala Purchase Unit

Nantahala Purchase Unit is a park in Clay, North Carolina. Nantahala Purchase Unit is situated nearby to the hamlet Shewbird, as well as near the town Hayesville.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Chatuge and Chatuge Dam.

Lake Chatuge

Photo: Miles Buddy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake Chatuge is an area of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northeastern Georgia, bordered on the north by North Carolina. It surrounds and takes its name from the TVA electric generation reservoir located here.

Chatuge Dam

Dam

Photo: Miles Buddy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chatuge Dam is a flood control and hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Clay County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The dam is the uppermost of three dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s for flood storage and to provide flow regulation at Hiwassee Dam further downstream.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hayesville and Hiawassee.

Hayesville

Town

Photo: Hkeely, CC BY 4.0.

Hayesville is a town in Clay County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hayesville had a population of 461. It is the county seat of Clay County. Hayesville is situated 2 miles northwest of Nantahala Purchase Unit.

Hiawassee

Village

Photo: Hkeely, CC BY 4.0.

Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States. The population was 981 at the 2020 census. Its name is derived from the Cherokee—or perhaps Creek—word Ayuhwasi, which means meadow, Hiawassee is also known in the novel "Restart" by Gordon Korman. Hiawassee is situated 5 miles southeast of Nantahala Purchase Unit.

Nantahala Purchase Unit

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Clay, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.01935° or 35° 1′ 10″ north

Longitude

-83.79638° or 83° 47′ 47″ west

Elevation

1,870 feet (570 metres)

Open location code

867R2693+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357805470

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4481481

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hayesville Cemetery and Gibby Island.

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