Northwest North Carolina Lakes and Recreation including Thorpe Lake
5 Featured Places
Fontana Lake is a 29-mile-long scenic mountain lake with more than 280 miles of shoreline and nearly 11,000 acres of water at normal summer pool elevations. Chatuge Lake amid the Appalachian Mountains has 130 miles of shoreline and 7,000 surface acres at normal summer pool levels. Cherokee National Forest covers nearly 630,000 acres in ten East Tennessee counties. Great Smoky Mountains National Park attracts over nine million visitors each year.Also in this area: Frank H. McClung Museum.
Communities in the Knoxville and Maryville, TN Area
Knoxville Maryville Sevierville Seymour Alcoa Newport Pigeon Forge Eagleton Village Cullowhee Franklin Gatlinburg Sylva Andrews Bryson City Highlands Rockford Robbinsville Maggie Valley Webster Pittman Center Forest Hills Hayesville Townsend Dillsboro Cashiers Lake Santeetlah
Man-made lakes, ponds, dikes, and dams in the area
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Adjacent Areas
- Go North to Morristown, TN, Cherokee Lake, Douglas Lake, Martins Fork Lake, Cherokee Lake, etc.
- Go South to Gainesville, GA, Lake Burton, Seed Lake, Lake Sidney Lanier, Hartwell Lake, etc.
- Go West to Cleveland, TN, Apalachia Lake, Melton Hill Lake, Watts Bar Lake, Tellico Lake, etc.
- Go East to Asheville, NC, Table Rock Reservoir, Lake Toxaway, Blue Ridge Parkway-North Carolina, Cherohala Scenic Byway - North Carolina, etc.