TVA's Dams Provide Hydropower, Flood Control, Water Quality, Navigation
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TVA’s dams provide hydropower, ood Catawba Rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense) control, water quality, navigation and ample Lexington Destination water supply for the Tennessee Valley. Did you know that they also provide fun? Come summer, TVA operates its dams to ll the reservoirs for recreation. Boating, shing, swimming, rafting and blueway paddling are all supported Bald Eagle KENTUCKY by TVA with boat ramps, swim beaches and put ins. There are plenty of hiking (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and biking trails, picnic pavilions, playgrounds, campsites, scenic overlooks SOUTH and other day-use areas, too. So plan a TVA vacation this year—you’re sure HO W.V. ILLINOIS LSTON 77 to have a dam good time. o R i v i e Rainbow Trout South Holston Dam - 1951 h r (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Because of its depth and clarity, South Holston Lake is a O FORT premier destination for inland scuba diving. The aerating Paducah PATRICK weir below the dam has many benets—among them NRY creating an oxygen-rich environment that’s fostered a HE world-class trout shery. ORRIS 75 MISSOURI N Hopkinsville 65 Kentucky – 1944 24 Norris - 1936 CKY Norris Dam—the rst built by a newly VIRGINIA KENTU Around Kentucky Lake there are Ft. Patrick Henry - 1953 55 formed TVA—is known for its many Fort Patrick Henry Dam is an ideal shing over 12,000 acres of state wildlife hiking and biking trails. The Norris River management areas, that offer small destination. The reservoir is stocked with rainbow Bluff Trail is a must-see destination for trout each year, and is also good for hooking and large game and waterfowl wildower enthusiasts each spring. hunting as well as wildlife viewing bluegill, bass and crappie. Boone Dam and hiking trails. C r u lbur Dam Watauga Dam m TENNESSEE e b 81 e v Melton ll r - 1964 Cherokee Dam i l MELTON a Nashville A unique asset for TVA, the Douglas - 1943 LAS n HILL Construction of Douglas Dam DOUG R Canada Geese d 40 lovely campground at the Melton (Branta canadensis) R Hill Reservation Recreation Area began in February 1942 and was 155 i features a swim beach, picnic completed on a crash schedule v e i r area and boat ramp, yes, but it’s Knoxville in just 12 months and 17 days. 26 also equipped with solar panels, The construction of Douglas set p a wind turbine, LED lighting, a world record for projects of low-ow water systems and equivalent size. p recycled materials. 40 i PICKWICK Great Falls Dam Ft. Loudoun Dam 40 s TellicoDam s Fontana - 1945 i Beech River Dams Gorgeous Fontana Dam is the highest dam Watts Bar Dam east of the Rockies. The Appalachian Trail s runs across the dam reservation, Asheville s Pickwick Landing - 1938 75 which offers a shelter with NORTH i You’ll want to get out on your boat at Pickwick Normandy Dam hot showers and is known to Lake, a popular destination for water skiing, hikers as the “Fontana Hilton.” CAROLINA M 40 F 26 wakeboarding and tubing. It’s also great for 24 ONTANA shing, especially in the Wilson Dam tailwater at the upper end of the lake, noted for record-size R i v e r small-mouth bass and catsh. Apalachia Dam wassee Dam Tims Ford Dam Ocoee #1 Dam Memphis W Chickamauga Dam Ocoee #2 Dam ILSON Chatuge Dam 65 ckajack Dam Chattanooga Ocoee #3 Dam Nottely Dam lson - 1925 SOUTH The Muscle Shoals Reservation at Wilson Dam Raccoon Mountain Pumped Blue Ridge Dam offers 17 miles of hiking trails and the Rockpile Storage Plant - 1978 CAROLINA Recreation Area, which boasts several waterfalls Wheeler Dam Raccoon Mountain has close to 30 miles and a play structure modeled after the dam. Huntsville of trails used by mountain bikers and OON Muscle Shoals RACC hikers from all over the country, and offers UNTAIN stunning views of Lookout Mountain75 and MO downtown Chattanooga. GEORGIA e e 59 b Prothonotary Warbler g i (Protonotaria citrea) MISSISSIPPI b Bear Creek Dams T e n n e s s e e Tupelo m y o 85 a T - w r e e Guntersville - 1939 e GU t NT s E a R s Consistently listed as a top-10 bass SVILL e W E n shing destination by Bassmaster, n e ALABAMA Guntersville Lake hosts some of the T nation’s premier shing tournaments. MAP LEGEND 55 Largemouth Bass State Line (Micropterus salmoides) Atlanta Power Service Area Hydroelectric Dam 20 Water Birmingham Scan this code Tennessee River Watershed to find out more information about TVA’s Destination Non-Power Dam Dams Tour. 59 20 tva.com | facebook.com/TVA | @TVAnews | @TVA.