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The Cherokee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the U.S. states of Tennessee and North Carolina that was created on June 14, 1920. The forest is maintained and managed by the United States Forest Service. It encompasses an estimated area of 655,598 acres (2,653.11 km 2).
Facilities at Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park include seven rental cabins, an RV campground, two primitive campgrounds, a 64-person group lodge, and three boat ramps. The park maintains approximately 30 miles (48 km) of hiking trails, most of which consists of a 20-mile (32 km) loop trail with various shortcuts that can shorten the hike to 3 ...
The Cherokee National Forest has 30 developed campgrounds, 30 picnic areas, 700 miles of trail, hundreds of miles of cold water streams and seven whitewater rivers.
Park facilities include a privately leased 300-slip marina and full service dock, a 34-cabin lodging complex (with outdoor swimming pool open May to September), a campground with 60 wooden and concrete platforms (with water and electric) and 9 primitive campsites, a park office and visitor center, and two boat ramps with access to Center Hill Lake.
Watauga Lake, located east of Elizabethton, Tennessee, is the local name of the Watauga Reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with the 1948 completion of the TVA Watauga Dam. [1] According to lake expert Holly C Ward, Watauga Lake is the third cleanest in the country. [2]
The John Muir National Recreation Trail (#152) is a 20.7 mile (33.3 km) [1] trail in eastern Tennessee, along the north side of Hiwassee River in the Cherokee National Forest. It is named after naturalist John Muir and was constructed in 1972 through the efforts of the Youth Conservation Corps and the Senior Community Service Employment Program ...