Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area
Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area is a park in Loudon, Tennessee. Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Woodlawn, as well as near Pawpaw Plains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Melton Hill Dam.
Melton Hill Dam
Dam
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Melton Hill Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River just south of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1960s to extend the Tennessee Valley's continuous navigation channel up the Clinch as far as Clinton and to increase TVA's overall power-generating capacity.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dixie Lee Junction and Lenoir City.
Dixie Lee Junction
Hamlet
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Dixie Lee Junction is an unincorporated community in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States, situated at the intersection of U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 11. Dixie Lee Junction is situated 4 miles east of Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area.
Lenoir City
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Lenoir City is a suburban city located in Loudon County, Tennessee. The population was 10,117 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville metropolitan area in East Tennessee, along the Tennessee River southwest of Knoxville.
Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area
- Type: Park
- Description: park in the United States of America
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Loudon, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.88099° or 35° 52′ 52″ northLongitude
-84.29625° or 84° 17′ 47″ westElevation
830 feet (253 metres)Operator
Tennessee Valley AuthorityOpen location code
867QVPJ3+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1003124438OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4641189Wikidata ID
Q49524637
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In Other Languages
“Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Woodlawn and Pawpaw Plains.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Melton Hill Power Plant and Woodlawn Church.
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