Cherohala Skyway - Tennessee Cultural heritage and historic sites of the Cherokee tribe and early settlers are offered throughout the skyway in a grand forest environment in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
Cherokee Lake 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.
Cherokee National Forest Tennessee's only National Forest, the Cherokee, covers nearly 630,000 acres in ten East Tennessee counties. It is the largest tract of public land in the State. The forest is separated into two parts by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Chickamauga Lake This large lake is one of nine TVA projects on the Tennessee River. Chickamauga has 810 miles of shoreline and more than 35,000 surface acres. Located in Meigs, Rhea, Bradley, McMinn, and Hamilton counties, the lake is composed of two major bodies of water, a 59-mile stretch of the Tennessee River and a 30-mile section of the Hiwassee River. Chattanooga is located on Chickamauga Lake. Primary species of sport fish include white crappie, bluegill, white bass, channel and blue catfish, largemouth bass, and sauger.
Chickasaw NWR Chickasaw NWR provides a stepping stone for waterfowl migrating and wintering along the Mississippi River. The refuge protects some of the last remaining bottomland hardwood forest in the Lower Mississippi Valley. The refuge is subject annually to some degree of backwater flooding by the Mississippi River commonly covering 95% of the refuge to depths of 20 feet. Important wildlife species include ducks and geese, white-tailed deer, turkey, small game, bald eagles, Mississippi kites, interior least terns, and assorted non-game species.
Cordell Hull Dam And Reservoir Located at the base of the Highland Rim of middle Tennessee, the lake boasts modern campgrounds and day use areas, opportunities for hunters and fisherman, and trails for hikers, backpackers, and horseback riders. Canoeing is excellent on the Roaring River section of the lake. There is excellent small game and deer hunting in season.
