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Cherokee Lake Vacation and Resort PropertiesCherokee Lake is the result of Cherokee/Saddle Dam No. 2 Dam on the Holston River in Jefferson; Grainger County, Tennessee and is used for flood control, hydroelectric power and recreation purposes. Construction was completed in 1941. At normal levels it has a surface area of 19 square miles. The lake property is owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Cherokee Lake is 54 miles long with a shoreline of nearly 400 miles and a surface area at summer water level of 30,300 acres. It collects the rainfall from a 3,428-square- mile watershed. Nearby communities include Morristown, Jefferson City, and Rogersville, Tennessee. White bass, smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie, walleye, and striped bass are the primary sport fish in Cherokee Lake.  More about Cherokee Lake. Nearby Attractions
Cherokee Lake (13 miles)
Cherokee Lake is 54 miles long with a shoreline of nearly 400 miles and a surface area at summer water level of 30,300 acres. It collects the rainfall from a 3,428-square- mile watershed. Nearby communities include Morristown, Jefferson City, and Rogersville, Tennessee. White bass, smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie, walleye, and striped bass are the primary sport fish in Cherokee...
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Douglas Lake (24 miles)
Douglas Lake is located on the French Broad River. The lake is about 43 miles long and has 555 miles of shoreline and more than 30,000 acres of surface water at summer water levels. Located near the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Douglas Lake is close to Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and easily accessible from Interstate 40. Popular sport fish species in Douglas Lake include largemouth bass, white bass, crappie, and...
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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site (26 miles)
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site honors the life and work of the nation's 17th President and preserves his two homes, tailor shop, and grave site. Andrew Johnson's life exemplifies many struggles faced by Americans today. He worked his way from tailor to President. He stood strong for his ideals and beliefs. His presidency, from 1865 - 1869, illustrates the United States Constitution at work following Lincoln's assassination and during attempts to reunify a nation that had been torn by...
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Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (29 miles)
Throughout the ages, poets, songwriters, novelists, journal writers, historians and artists have captured the grandeur of the Cumberland Gap. James Smith, in his journal of 1792, penned what is perhaps one of the most poignant descriptions of this national and historically significant landmark: "We started just as the sun began to gild the tops of the high mountains. We ascended Cumberland Mountain, from the top of which the bright luminary of day appeared to our view in all his rising glory;...
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