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.

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 primarily in Loudon County, Tennessee, with a small portion extending into neighboring Roane County, Tennessee. The population was 10,117 at the 2020 census.

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″ north

Longitude

-84.29625° or 84° 17′ 47″ west

Elevation

830 feet (253 metres)

Operator

Tennessee Valley Authority

Open location code

867QVPJ3+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1003124438

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4641189

Wikidata ID

Q49524637

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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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