McDonald Bend
McDonald Bend is a stream bend in Rhea, Tennessee. McDonald Bend is situated nearby to the hamlet Forest Grove, as well as near Peakland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station and Watts Bar Dam.
Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
Photo: TVA Web Team, CC BY 2.0.
The Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is a Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear reactor pair used for electric power generation. It is located on a 1,770-acre site in Rhea County, Tennessee, near Spring City, between Chattanooga and Knoxville.
Watts Bar Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Meigs and Rhea counties in Tennessee, United States. The dam is one of nine dams on the main Tennessee River channel operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s to provide flood control and electricity and to help create a continuous navigable channel along the entire length of the river. Watts Bar Dam is situated 2½ km north of McDonald Bend.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Decatur.
Decatur
Town
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Decatur is a town in Meigs County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,563 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Meigs County. Decatur is situated 9 km south of McDonald Bend.
McDonald Bend
- Type: Stream bend
- Category: body of water
- Location: Rhea, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.59702° or 35° 35′ 49″ northLongitude
-84.78272° or 84° 46′ 58″ westElevation
208 metres (682 feet)Open location code
867QH6W8+RWGeoNames ID
4640525
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Forest Grove and Peakland.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leuty Cemetery and Kincaid Spring.
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