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Norris. Visitor Center Hours. The center is open from the first weekend of April to November 25, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. It is closed on federal holidays. The restroom is always open, even if the center is closed.
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Norris Reservoir in east Tennessee extends 73 miles up the...
- Norris Operating Guide
6 ημέρες πριν · Norris Reservoir in east Tennessee extends 73 miles up the Clinch River and 56 miles up the Powell from Norris Dam. It was the first dam TVA built and is named for Senator George Norris of Nebraska, author of the legislation that created TVA. Norris is a popular tourist and recreation destination.
New urban theorists are hard at work designing the towns of the future, which integrate residential, commercial and retail areas. But Norris, Tennessee—built by TVA over 80 years ago to house workers building the nearby dam—beat them all to the punch.
Norris Reservoir in east Tennessee extends 73 miles up the Clinch River and 56 miles up the Powell from Norris Dam. It was the first dam TVA built, and is named for Senator George Norris of Nebraska, author of the legislation that created TVA. Norris is a popular tourist and recreation destination. In the 1930s, TVA established demonstration ...
Norris was built as a model planned community by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1933 to house workers building Norris Dam on the Clinch River. It is named in honor of George W. Norris, a Senator from Nebraska, who was a long-term supporter of the TVA.
Norris Dam controls the runoff from a 29,000 square-mile area of northeast Tennessee and southwest Va. Norris' two hydroelectric generators turned out the first TVA electric power in the eastern end of the Tennessee Valley.
Recreational Opportunities. Norris reservoir region features numerous hiking trails. The River Bluff Trail is the longest TVA managed trail (3.2 miles) and during April-May offers rich pockets of wildflowers. River Bluff Trail head is located above the dam just off Norris Freeway.
