Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga

Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga is a memorial in Carter, Tennessee. Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga is situated nearby to the tourism office Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center, as well as near the museum Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Watauga and Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area.

Fort Watauga

Fort

Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.

Fort Watauga, also known as Fort Caswell, was a fortification located in the Watauga River's Sycamore Shoals near modern-day Elizabethton, Tennessee. It was constructed from 1775 to 1776 by the Watauga Association, a semi-autonomous government founded by American settlers living near the river, to defend the settlers against attacks from British-allied Indians. Fort Watauga is situated 490 feet west of Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga.

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area

Park

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a state park located in Elizabethton, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The park consists of 70 acres situated along the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, a National Historic Landmark where a series of events critical to the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the settlement of the Trans-Appalachian frontier in general, took place.

Bonnie Kate Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Nathandyer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bonnie Kate Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 2 miles east of Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Big Spring and Elizabethton.

Big Spring

Hamlet

Big Spring is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Big Spring is situated 2 miles south of Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga.

Elizabethton

Photo: Bms4880, CC BY 3.0.

Elizabethton is a city of 13,5000 people in Eastern Tennessee. Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government west of the Eastern Continental Divide and of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Central

Village

Central is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,717 at the 2000 census and 2,279 at the 2010 census. Central is situated 2½ miles southwest of Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga.

Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Carter, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.34393° or 36° 20′ 38″ north

Longitude

-82.2525° or 82° 15′ 9″ west

Open location code

868V8PVX+H2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13436313610

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center and Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit.

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