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Camp Creek was recorded in land records as early as 1788. "For 10 pounds per 100 acres" – to Michael Box 150 acres in Greene County on south side of Nolichucky River on Camp Creek, both sides of Camp Creek, adjoining Thomas Davis, Lewis Morgan, David Reynolds. Samuel Johnston at Fairfield, 11 Jul 1788. From: [2]
Roaring Fork, Lick Creek and Lynn Camp Creek, on the southwest, flow into the North Holston River which then flows into the Tennessee. Hunting Camp Creek, on the northeast, is part of the New River drainage. Both the New River and Tennessee River flow into the Ohio River. [4] [125]
Clinch Mountain is a mountain ridge in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia, lying in the ridge-and-valley section of the Appalachian Mountains.From its southern terminus at Kitts Point, which lies at the intersection of Knox, Union and Grainger counties near Blaine, Tennessee, it runs in a generally east-northeasterly direction to Garden Mountain near Burke's Garden, Virginia.
The Lynn Camp Creek Trail, Forest Trail 6511, is two miles long with trailhead on Forest Service Road 632, accessed by taking VA 625 from Ceres. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A 6.3 mile section of the Appalachian Trail passes through the area, with trailheads on the north at VA 622 and to the south on VA 42.
The Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness is an area protected by the Eastern Wilderness Act of Congress to maintain its present, natural condition. As part of the wilderness system , it helps to preserve a variety of natural life forms and contributes to a diversity of plant and animal gene pools.
Pine Mountain is a ridge in the Appalachian Mountains running through Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. It extends about 125 miles from near Pioneer, Tennessee, to a location near Elkhorn City, Kentucky. Birch Knob, the highest point, is 3,273 feet (998 m) above sea level and is located on the Kentucky-Virginia border.
In Hancock County, Powell Mountain reaches heights around 2,300 to 2,400 feet (about 700 to 730 meters), with the highest point, 2,501 feet (762 m)), on the Tennessee-Virginia state line. On the north side of Powell Mountain, Mulberry Creek flows southwestward to join the Powell River.
High Knob stretches across portions of southern Wise County, northern Scott County, and the northeastern tip of Lee County. It is a significant physical feature in Virginia and is among the widest singular mountains in the southern Appalachians, being locally greater than 13 miles (21 km) wide from base to base and more than 26 miles (42 km) long.