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Late April to early October, the gray bats pour out of Nickajack Cave at dusk. The lake runs 46 miles from the dam through the Tennessee River Gorge and Chattanooga, and that’s the outline here.
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Late April to early October, the gray bats pour out of Nickajack Cave at dusk. The lake runs 46 miles from the dam through the Tennessee River Gorge and Chattanooga, and that’s the outline here.
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Nickajack Lake, as we draw it
The outline follows the lake through the Tennessee River Gorge. Every piece here uses this same drawing.
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Nickajack Lake facts, with sources
- Counties
- Marion and Hamilton counties, Tennessee
- River and dam
- Tennessee River; Nickajack Dam, completed 1967
- Managing agency
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
- Length
- 46 miles, from Nickajack Dam to Chickamauga Dam
- Surface area
- 10,370 acres
- Shoreline
- 179 miles
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tva.com
Questions about Nickajack Lake
Where is Nickajack Lake?
On the Tennessee River in southeastern Tennessee, stretching 46 miles upstream from Nickajack Dam, near New Hope, to Chickamauga Dam.
What happened to Hales Bar Dam?
It was built by private interests in 1913 and had leaks in its foundation. TVA replaced it with Nickajack Dam, finished in 1967.
When can you see the bats at Nickajack Cave?
TVA says endangered gray bats roost in Nickajack Cave between late April and early October, and thousands of them emerge from the cave at dusk.
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