Buzzard Roost
Buzzard Roost is a peak in Blount, Tennessee and has an elevation of 1,532 feet. Buzzard Roost is situated nearby to the hamlet Tallassee, as well as near Citico Beach.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkland Island and Chilhowee Dam.
Kirkland Island
Island
The Little Tennessee River is a 135-mile tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains in the southeastern United States from Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee.
Chilhowee Dam
Industrial building
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Chilhowee Dam is a hydroelectric dam located in Blount and Monroe counties, Tennessee, United States, between river mile 33 and 34 on the Little Tennessee River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tallassee and Calderwood.
Tallassee
Hamlet
Tallassee is an unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee. Its ZIP code is 37878. Tallassee is located along U.S. Route 129 approximately a half mile west of Chilhowee Dam along the banks of the Little Tennessee River.
Calderwood
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Calderwood was a community once located along the Little Tennessee River in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Established in 1912 as a base for the Aluminum Company of America's Little Tennessee Valley hydroelectric development operations, the community continued to house construction personnel and dam maintenance personnel for nearby Calderwood Dam until the 1960s. Calderwood is situated 6 miles southeast of Buzzard Roost.
Buzzard Roost
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,532 feet
- Description: mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Blount, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.54619° or 35° 32′ 46″ northLongitude
-84.0838° or 84° 5′ 2″ westElevation
1,532 feet (467 metres)Open location code
867QGWW8+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 356791745OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Buzzard Roost” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buzzard Roost”
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