Hiwassee Dam is the third highest dam in the TVA system, behind the hydroelectric dam in what two North Carolina counties as the highest?
Hiwassee Dam Hiwassee Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Hiwassee River in Cherokee County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is one of three dams on the river owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the late 1930s to bring flood control and electricity to the region. The dam impounds the Hiwassee Lake of 6000 acre , and its tailwaters are part of Apalachia Lake. At 307 ft , Hiwassee Dam is the third highest dam in the TVA system, behind only Fontana and Watauga.
McAlpine Mountain McAlpine Mountain is a summit in Henderson County, North Carolina, in the United States. With an elevation of 2923 ft , McAlpine Mountain is the 1673th highest summit in the state of North Carolina.