WWII Tar Site

WWII Tar Site is a landfill in Sullivan, Tennessee. WWII Tar Site is situated nearby to the military installation Holston Army Ammunition Plant (Area A), as well as near Douglass High School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Douglass High School and Fort Henry Mall.

Douglass High School

School

Douglass High School was an African-American high school in Kingsport, Tennessee that closed in 1966. At the time, it was the largest African-American school in Upper East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and Southeast Kentucky, and the largest between Knoxville, Tennessee and Roanoke, Virginia. Douglass High School is situated 1,600 feet northeast of WWII Tar Site.

Fort Henry Mall

Shopping center

Fort Henry Mall, formerly Kingsport Town Center, located in Kingsport, Tennessee, is the only regional shopping mall serving Kingsport. It was opened March 10, 1976, as a two-level mall located at the intersection of Fort Henry Drive and Memorial Boulevard. Fort Henry Mall is situated 2 miles east of WWII Tar Site.

Netherland Inn

Historic building

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

The Netherland Inn and Complex is a historic house museum in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Built in 1802 to serve as a boat yard for salt distribution, the property was eventually sold, and in 1818 it became the Netherland Inn, serving travelers en route from Middle Tennessee to Western Kentucky. Netherland Inn is situated 2½ miles northwest of WWII Tar Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingsport and Lynn Garden.

Kingsport

Photo: Tjntri, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It lies along the Holston River and had a population of 55,442 at the 2020 census.

Lynn Garden

Hamlet

Lynn Garden is a community and neighborhood in Kingsport, Tennessee. Lynn Garden's boundaries are that of Kingsport's zip code 37665. Lynn Garden is situated 3 miles north of WWII Tar Site.

Cedar Grove

Hamlet

Cedar Grove is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. Cedar Grove is located near the northern border of Kingsport, west of Tennessee State Route 93. Cedar Grove is situated 3½ miles northeast of WWII Tar Site.

WWII Tar Site

Type: Landfill
Location: Sullivan, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.53227° or 36° 31′ 56″ north

Longitude

-82.557° or 82° 33′ 25″ west

Open location code

868VGCJV+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 422338008

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=landfill

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Highlights include Holston Army Ammunition Plant (Area A) and Central Baptist Church.

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