TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area
TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area is a nature reserve in Hamilton, Tennessee. TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Northshore Estates, as well as near Hamillville.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chickamauga Dam and Tenbridge.
Chickamauga Dam
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The dam is owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s as part of a New Deal era initiative to improve navigation and bring flood control and economic development to the Tennessee Valley.
Tenbridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tenbridge is a vertical-lift railroad bridge over the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It has a main span of 310 feet. The original span was a swing span with a center pivot that was originally built in ca.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chattanooga and Red Bank.
Chattanooga
Chattanooga is the 4th largest city in Tennessee. It is the seat of Hamilton County. It is in Southeast Tennessee on the Tennessee River and near the border of Georgia.
Red Bank
Town
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Red Bank is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 11,899 at the 2020 census. Red Bank is an enclave, being entirely surrounded by the city limits of Chattanooga. Red Bank is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area.
Lupton City
Hamlet
Lupton City is a neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The community developed in the 1920s as a mill town, a planned community that contained the Dixie Spinning Mills thread mill and housing for its workers.
TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Hamilton, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.1131° or 35° 6′ 47″ northLongitude
-85.2231° or 85° 13′ 23″ westOpen location code
867P4Q7G+6QOpenStreetMap ID
way 657099913OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Northshore Estates and Hamillville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nixon Prospect and Kirklin Cemetery.
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