Washington Heights

Washington Heights is a hamlet in Hamilton, Tennessee. Washington Heights is situated nearby to the hamlet Washington Place, as well as near Washington Hills.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Booker T. Washington State Park and Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

Booker T. Washington State Park

Park

Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Booker T. Washington State Park is a 353-acre park situated on the shores of Chickamauga Lake. It was built largely by African-American units of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Booker T. Washington State Park is situated 1½ miles north of Washington Heights.

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum

Museum

Photo: TVSRR, Public domain.

The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was initially founded as a chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in 1960 by a group of local railway preservationists. Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum is situated 2½ miles southwest of Washington Heights.

Hamilton County Schools

Building

Hamilton County Schools is the school district that serves Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. After a 1995 referendum, the then-separate Chattanooga City Schools district was merged into the county district in 1997.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tyner and Harrison.

Tyner

Hamlet

Tyner is a neighborhood in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Formerly a separate community, Tyner is located within Chattanooga's present city limits, and is today considered a neighborhood of Chattanooga. Tyner is situated 2 miles southeast of Washington Heights.

Harrison

Village

Harrison is a census-designated place in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 7,902 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area. Harrison Bay State Park, the Hamilton County Landfill, Bear Trace Golf Course, a course designed by Jack Nicklaus, and Skull Island, a recreational area owned by TVA, are all located in Harrison. Harrison is situated 2½ miles northeast of Washington Heights.

Boyce

Hamlet

Boyce is an area within Chattanooga, Tennessee. Boyce is situated 5 miles west of Washington Heights.

Washington Heights

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Hamilton, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.08757° or 35° 5′ 15″ north

Longitude

-85.17079° or 85° 10′ 15″ west

Elevation

778 feet (237 metres)

Open location code

867P3RQH+2M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153654718

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4665985

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