Tellico Dam
Tellico Dam is a concrete gravity and earthen embankment dam on the Little Tennessee River that was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority in Loudon County, Tennessee.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lenoir Cotton Mill and Fort Loudoun Dam.
Lenoir Cotton Mill
Ruins
Fort Loudoun Dam
Dam
Fort Loudoun Lake
Dam
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lenoir City and Unitia.
Lenoir City
Unitia
Hamlet
Unitia is an Unincorporated community of Loudon County, Tennessee. Historically it was a crossroads village, the site of a post office, and a stop on the Underground Railroad. Unitia is situated 5 miles southeast of Tellico Dam.
Loudon
Town
Loudon is a city in and the county seat of Loudon County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 6,001 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. Loudon is situated 5 miles southwest of Tellico Dam.
Tellico Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Location: Loudon, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.77799° or 35° 46′ 41″ north
Longitude
-84.25966° or 84° 15′ 35″ west
Elevation
797 feet (243 metres)
Height
797 feet (243 metres)
Operator
Tennessee Valley Authority
Open location code
867QQPHR+54
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
Discover Tellico Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Tellico Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tellico Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد تيليكو”
- Italian: “diga di Tellico”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Tellico”
- Spanish: “Presa de Tellico”
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