Everything about Watts Bar Lake totally explained
Watts Bar Lake is a
reservoir on the
Tennessee River created by
Watts Bar Dam as part of the
Tennessee Valley Authority system.
Geography
Located about midway between
Chattanooga and
Knoxville, the lake begins as the Tennessee River below
Fort Loudon Dam in
Lenoir City, Tennessee and stretches 72.4 miles (116.5 km) to
Watts Bar Dam, near
Spring City, Tennessee. The
Clinch River connects to the main channel of the lake at mile 568 near Southwest Point (site of
Andrew Jackson and
John Sevier's 1803 confrontation) in
Kingston, Tennessee, and the widening of the Clinch by the lake makes that river navigable all the way to
Melton Hill Dam near
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The partially navigable
Emory River connects with the Clinch near the TVA's
Kingston Steam Plant just upriver from the meeting with the Tennessee. Including the Clinch and Emory arms, Watts Bar has 722 miles of shoreline and over 39,000 acres (160 km²) of water surface. Minor tributaries include Poplar Creek, Caney Creek, and White's Creek. The lake contains several large islands, most notably Thief Neck Island, Long Island, and Sand Island.
Recreation
Watts Bar's sport fishing ratings for
crappie,
black crappie,
largemouth bass, and
spotted bass are at or near the top in the TVA system. (The state of Tennessee advises against eating fish caught in certain areas of the lake due to
PCB contamination.) The area also provides many opportunities for
birdwatching, with an extremely large population of
great blue herons, over 120 nesting pairs of
osprey, and a few
bald eagles living on or near the lake. Several parks and camps are located on the lake, including the John Knox Center and the
Boy Scout facility
Camp Buck Toms.
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