When you're in town, be sure to visit one of the waterfalls: Bald River Falls ... Located in Southeast Tennessee, Tellico Plains is a quick hour and 20 minutes away from Knoxville.

Mathews' own 2011 book on local history, "The Pictorial History of the Tellico Plains Tennessee Area (1849-1949) 'The Collections of Charles Hall,'" offers 222 pages filled with more than 630 ...

If you live in Tennessee or are a frequent visitor to ... a majestic 90-foot waterfall that's easily accessible from the Tellico River Road off of the byway. During this leisurely excursion ...

The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency has opened an evacuation center at Tellico Plains High School ... It offers gorgeous nature views at Bald River Falls and across the Cherohala Skyway.

The Bald River Falls Bridge has been closed for a couple of years, and the entire span in Monroe County was replaced and opened in a ceremony recently. The bridge is wider, safer, and has a viewing ...

The Tennessee River begins in Knoxville and flows right ... 28 miles from Knoxville Tellico Dam Reservation in Lenoir City, 28 miles from Knoxville Cherokee Dam Reservation near Jefferson City ...

In the 1970s, the discovery of the Tennessee snail darter in the Tellico River was used to halt completion of the Tellico Dam under the Endangered Species Act (a tale many law students learn in ...

Other reservoirs on the river are Wilson Lake (AL), Nickajack Lake (TN), Fort Loudoun Reservoir (TN), Tellico Reservoir (TN) and Watts Bar Reservoir (TN). Tennessee River shad generally spawn ...

went snorkeling with students in the Little Tennessee River at Coytee Spring, not far from Tellico. There, they found a fish on the river bottom that Dr. Etnier said he had never seen before ...