place

Lake Nottely

Bodies of water of Union County, GeorgiaHiwassee RiverNorth Georgia geography stubsProtected areas of Union County, GeorgiaReservoirs in Georgia (U.S. state)
Tennessee Valley Authority
Nottley dam
Nottley dam

Lake Nottely (also called Nottely Reservoir) is one of many reservoirs of the Tennessee Valley Authority. It is located entirely in Union County, Georgia in the United States and within the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests. Formed in 1942 by the damming of the Nottely River, Nottely Reservoir extends 20 miles (30 km) upstream to the town of Blairsville. Construction of Nottely Dam began in 1941 and was completed in 1942. The dam is 184 feet (56 m) high and stretches 2,300 feet (701 m) across the Nottely River. Lake Nottely is approximately 20 miles (32 km) long and 102 feet (31 m) wide as well as an average depth of 10.6 metres (35 ft), a max depth of 98 feet (30 m) at the dam, and has a flood-storage capacity of 61,588 acre-feet (75,968,000 m3). Its primary purpose was for flood control in the Tennessee River watershed, but in the 1950s a single 15 megawatt generator was installed for power generation. Approximately 70% of the shoreline is under the jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service and undeveloped. In recent years, many new homes and properties have contributed to Lake Nottely's growing importance for recreation. Its proximity to Atlanta (2 hours) is resulting in increased use of this reservoir.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Lake Nottely (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Lake Nottely
Davenport Mountain ATV Trail,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Lake NottelyContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 34.9278 ° E -84.0748 °
placeShow on map

Address

Davenport Mountain ATV Trail

Davenport Mountain ATV Trail

Georgia, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

Nottley dam
Nottley dam
Share experience

Nearby Places

Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA
Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA

Upper Hiwassee Highlands is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) that straddles two counties in the southwestern corner of North Carolina, United States, adjacent to the Tennessee border across state lines into three counties of northern Georgia. It is located near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains and expands over portions of Cherokee and Clay Counties, North Carolina into Fannin, Towns and Union Counties, Georgia. The appellation was established, as the Georgia's initial and North Carolina's 4th AVA, on July 17, 2014 by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by Eric Carlson, owner of Calaboose Cellars, on behalf of himself and members of the Vineyard and Winery Operators of the Upper Hiwassee River Basin group, proposing the viticultural area to be named "Upper Hiwassee Highlands." The viticultural area, when established, encompassed approximately 690 sq mi (441,600 acres) with 54 acres (22 ha) being cultivated on 26 commercial vineyards. According to the petition, the vineyard owners estimated to expand plantings of 75.5 acres (30.6 ha) in the next five years. Two new vineyards were also in the planning stages and expected to add an additional of 16 acres (6 ha) to the total acreage by the end of 2013. Five wineries were operating within the proposed AVA at the time the petition was submitted. The region is mainly in hardiness zone 7b with elevated areas in zone 7a