Chickamauga Dam Beach
Chickamauga Dam Beach is a beach in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Chickamauga Dam Day Use Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.8 miles off.
Swim beach provided and maintained by TVA
The story
dam in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America
Dates from 1936.
Wikidata Q2884932, matched on coordinates and name (872 m apart).
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 17.6 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 18.9 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 28.7 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Chickamauga Dam Day Use Area: 0.2 mi
- Sterchi Farm: 1.1 mi
- Hubert Fry Center: 1.5 mi
- Cleveland T. Grimes Soccer Complex: 1.5 mi
- Dupont Park: 1.6 mi
- Hamilton Memorial Gardens: 2.9 mi
- 2nd Minnesota Regiment Monument: 4.1 mi
- Ed Johnson Memorial: 5.5 mi
- 4th Army Corps Monument: 5.5 mi
- Andrew's Raiders Monument: 5.6 mi
- Cardboard Hill: 5.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.7 mi
- Cameron Hill: 6.1 mi
- Mailbox Hill: 6.8 mi
- Signal Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Orchard Knob Reservation: 4.8 mi
- Central of Georgia 349: 5.1 mi
- Freedom Church: 7.2 mi
- Fireball: 8.4 mi
- Balloon Ride: 8.4 mi
- Grays Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Harrison Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Cumberland Escarpment: 6.2 mi
- Wilder Point: 6.5 mi
- Williams Point: 7.0 mi
- Falling Water Falls 110: 7.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls 40: 8.2 mi
- Julia Falls 95: 8.6 mi
- Clear Branch Falls 40: 9.3 mi
- Power Line Falls 140: 9.4 mi
- Summertime: 4.3 mi
- Summertime (Art in Neighborhoods bus stop wrap): 4.3 mi
- Woodland Tiger: 5.2 mi
- Shakespeare: 5.2 mi
- The Rhino: 5.2 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 1.1 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit: 3.6 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 5.2 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Williams Unit: 5.2 mi
- Enterprise South Nature Park: 6.1 mi
- rain garden: 5.0 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 6.0 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 6.1 mi
- Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 6.8 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 9.9 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 7.9 mi
- Straight Spring: 10.7 mi
- Obar Spring: 11.4 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 16.1 mi
- Taylor Spring: 19.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 10.1 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 23.1 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 3.0 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 7.2 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 7.4 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 10.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.4 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 20.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Chickamauga Dam Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | SSW 210° | 647 m | 20.6 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 353° | 625 m | 18.3 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | WNW 297° | 624.84 m | 13.1 mi |
| Round Knob | WNW 296° | 601 m | 9.0 mi |
| Buck Knob | NW 324° | 595 m | 9.8 mi |
| Elder Mountain | W 274° | 569 m | 9.7 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | WSW 250° | 563 m | 10.0 mi |
| The Hellican | NNW 334° | 562 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:19 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:22 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:54 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chattanooga AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1354291297
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 6 mi
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