Hicks Gap Natural Area

Hicks Gap Natural Area is a protected area in Marion, Tennessee. Hicks Gap Natural Area is situated nearby to the peak Hicks Mountain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kelly’s Ferry Cemetery and Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant.

Kelly’s Ferry Cemetery

Cemetery

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Kelly's Ferry Cemetery is a historical cemetery located in Marion County, Tennessee, off U.S. Highway 41. It and its associated road are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They are the only remnants of the extinct settlement of Kelly's Ferry. Kelly’s Ferry Cemetery is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Hicks Gap Natural Area.

Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant

Power station

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Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant is a pumped-storage hydroelectric underground power station in Marion County, just west of Chattanooga in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant is situated 2 miles east of Hicks Gap Natural Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whiteside and Haletown.

Whiteside

Hamlet

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Whiteside is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee. It was originally settled as a Cherokee town in the late eighteenth century. After Indian Removal, European-American settlers moved in and later named it after James Anderson Whiteside, attorney, Chattanooga railroad promoter and land investor. Whiteside is situated 5 miles southwest of Hicks Gap Natural Area.

Haletown

Hamlet

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Haletown is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Haletown is situated 6 miles west of Hicks Gap Natural Area.

Mineral Springs

Hamlet

Mineral Springs is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. Mineral Springs is situated 6 miles northwest of Hicks Gap Natural Area.

Hicks Gap Natural Area

Type: Protected area
Location: Marion, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.04786° or 35° 2′ 52″ north

Longitude

-85.44309° or 85° 26′ 35″ west

Open location code

867P2HX4+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 625597282

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hicks Mountain and McNabb Cemetery.

Nearby Places

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