Bean Gap Overlook of Cherokee Lake, TN
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bravio
N 36° 20.783 W 083° 22.637
17S E 286663 N 4024992
Scenic Overlook of Cherokee Lake from Bean Gap also named Veterans Overlook, Grainger Co., TN
Waymark Code: WM74RR
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2009
Views: 14
An overlook of Cherokee Lake with Dollar Island below and German Creek Bridge in middleground. Distance is Morristown. Mountains are Great Smoky Mountains and Cherokee National Forest. This overlook has fossils on the stones which make up the walls. Some say that they are worm trails. Looks like actual worms to me. You decide. These mountains were pushed up some 240 million years ago when the African Continent hit the North American Continent.
Type of overlook: Walk by
Picnic tables: no
Benches: no
Water/restrooms: no
Overlook designation: Designated
Elevation: 1,990.00
View:
Cherokee Lake, Dollar Island, German Creek in near foreground.
Morristown if middle ground
Smoky Mountains and Cherokee National Forest in background
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