Watauga Scenic Area

Watauga Scenic Area is a park in Carter, Tennessee and has an elevation of 2,864 feet. Watauga Scenic Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Bear Stand, as well as near Fish Springs.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Watauga Dam.

Watauga Dam

Dam

Photo: Parker1297, CC BY 3.0.

Watauga Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the Watauga River in Carter County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the 1940s as part of efforts to control flooding in the Tennessee River watershed. Watauga Dam is situated 2½ miles northwest of Watauga Scenic Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fish Springs and Hampton.

Fish Springs

Hamlet

Fish Springs is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Tennessee. Fish Springs is located on the south shore of Watauga Lake, along US Route 321 and Tennessee State Route 67 east of Hampton. Fish Springs is situated 3 miles northeast of Watauga Scenic Area.

Hampton

Village

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Hampton is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Located a few miles southeast of Elizabethton and northwest of Roan Mountain, Hampton is surrounded on all sides by the Unaka Mountains. Hampton is situated 4 miles west of Watauga Scenic Area.

Valley Forge

Hamlet

Valley Forge is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Tennessee, located along US Route 19E/321 and SR-67, south of Elizabethton and north of Hampton. Valley Forge is situated 5 miles west of Watauga Scenic Area.

Watauga Scenic Area

Type: Park
Description: park in the United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Carter, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.29289° or 36° 17′ 34″ north

Longitude

-82.09874° or 82° 5′ 55″ west

Elevation

2,864 feet (873 metres)

Open location code

868V7WV2+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356895500

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4666037

Wikidata ID

Q49577393

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In Other Languages

“Watauga Scenic Area” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Watauga Scenic Area”

Localities in the Area

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