Up and Down Raccoon Mountain in Chattanooga - Tennessee Valley Uncharted
Aerial Nicole gets her first experience in mountain biking with Clay Guerry, a Natural Resources Specialist at TVA. The mountain is home to 28 miles of biking trails. After her ride, Aerial joins TVA’s Thomas Gamble for an exclusive tour of the Raccoon Mountain Pump Storage Plant.
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The Raccoon Mountain project is TVA’s largest hydroelectric facility and is a little unique. Water is pumped to the reservoir on top of the mountain during periods of low demand and then used to generate electricity when additional power is needed. The pumped-storage plant is located in southeast Tennessee on a site that overlooks the Tennessee River downstream of Chattanooga.
The plant works like a large storage battery: during periods of low demand, water is pumped from Nickajack Reservoir at the base of the mountain to the reservoir built at the top. It takes 28 hours to fill the upper reservoir. When demand is high, water is released from a tunnel that is drilled through the center of the mountain; the falling water drives the generators in the underground the power plant.
For more information about TVA dams, visit tva.gov.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a corporate agency of the United States that provides electricity for business customers and local power distributors serving more than 9 million people in parts of seven southeastern states.
The area around Raccoon Mountain is a state-designated Wildlife Observation Area. The mountaintop is home to whitetail deer, woodchucks, gray foxes and, of course, raccoons. The most compelling wildlife attraction of the area is a large wintering population of bald eagles, which can be sighted from the overlook as they hunt in the waters at the base of Raccoon Mountain.
Raccoon Mountain has over 28 miles of trails with about 6 miles being considered easy and the rest being moderate to difficult. Even though all trails are open for foot traffic, they are most often used by mountain bikers. You will occasionally see a trail runner. The trails were constructed and are maintained by TVA's partner, Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA).
There are fantastic views from Raccoon Mountain and depending on which side you are on will determine what you see – it could be downtown Chattanooga, the Tennessee River gorge or Lookout Mountain.
The Raccoon Mountain Visitor Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from April through October, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. November through March except for major holidays and in times of severe weather. Staffed by TVA retirees, the visitor center features maps, videos and displays explaining Raccoon Mountain, TVA's history and its activities today.
How to Get There
From Chattanooga: Take I-24 towards Nashville to exit 175 (Browns Ferry Road). Turn right on Browns Ferry Road; then left on Elder Mountain Road. Go about 1.8 miles and turn left on TVA Access Road; continue about 1.5 miles to the visitor center.
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Visitor centers, trails, boat ramps, and canoe access points operated by TVA are provided to the public with no fee
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Raccoon Mountain Dam
12/6/14 on top of the dam
Raccoon Mountain Half Marathon/Marathon in Chattanooga TN 2015
Drone footage of the 2015 Raccoon Mountain Half/Marathon in Chattanooga Tennessee. This inaugural race was a beautiful, challenging course on Raccoon Mountain- both on streets and trails. Great course, great food, and awesome swag (I did it for the 'coon cap) ;)
Chattanooga Rugby Club near Las Vegas hotel where mass shooting took place
Driving to the make shift gun range up in Raccoon Mountain's back roads
12/7/14 The family drove up to a friend of the family's land to fire some guns. Sadly I forgot to film the actual usage of the guns we brought lol. Next time.
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30 Hikes in 30 Days - Chattanooga - Day 8 - Raccoon Mountain
Raccoon Mountain is about 15 minutes from downtown Chattanooga. It's a short drive and one of the best vehicle views. We love Raccoon Mountain. The drive around the reservoir is so gorgeous. There are several trails throughout Raccoon Mountain and an incredible lookout that you can drive up to. The lookout we were looking for on the trail was no where to be found; or we found it but it was poorly up kept with trees blocking the view and no sign.
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Since hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2012, Coltin, Lindsay, and CamDog moved from Louisiana to Chattanooga. There they've mentioned on more than one occasion, and typically when comparing their new city to their old city of Baton Rouge, LA, that one can actually hike somewhere different every day of the month without having to drive further than an hour away.
That's where the idea for this series of very-shorts came from. The idea is to showcase some of the excellent outdoor spots Chattanooga, TN and the surrounding areas has to offer.
Many of the videos will be compiled of 4 second increments of whatever trail we choose. We show you where we'll be hiking, the feel for the day, and the coolest part about that in particular hike that makes it worth hiking. Then we do again the next day. Thirty in a row, rain or shine is the plan.
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Drone Footage of TVA Dam Chattanooga, Tennessee! vlog 48
Today we head home from our weekend get away for Christopher's birthday. But before we go we wanted to show you guys some import piece of history and what Chattanooga offers to some of the southern states.
TVA Raccoon Mountain: Generating Power Hundreds of Feet beneath Your Feet
A huge construction projectis happening in our backyard, but you can't see it.
The massive construction project is hundreds of feet underground and when it's finished, you'll have extra power to keep warm this winter.
Many people know about the man-made lake on top of Raccoon Mountain west of Chattanooga. It's the Pumped Storage Plant underground that's having work done.
How does it work? It's really simple. Millions of gallons of water are taken out of the Tennessee River every night, through a pipe that brings it 400 feet into the base of Raccoon Mountain. From there, it then goes into a pump that sends it 400 more feet, then up almost 1,100 feet to a man-made lake on top of the mountain.
During the day, that same water is released through the same pipe back down the mountain to the same pumps that sent it skyward, only this time they are serving as generators with turbines inside, that the water turns to generate electricity.
That same water is then released back into the Tennessee River.
Ever since 1978, Raccoon Mountain has been one of the little-known ways that T-V-A generates power. It's still a mystery to some people, says plant manager Ken Cornett. It's an unknown and it's really an engineering marvel when you see how it operates.
Every five to seven years, TVA says it has to shut down the four generators at the Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Plant for maintenance. We're looking for cracked concrete, excessive wear that we can take the opportunity to repair or correct, says Raccoon Mountain Senior Operator Heath Rogers.
During the shutdown period, usually one of the four big water cylinders, called spherical valves are completely taken out, and the seals on them replaced. The spherical valve works like a water faucet in the kitchen. The seals being replaced are like the rubber gaskets in the faucet. It's critical for TVA to be able to continue running the other 3 units in the event that a maintenance issue arises with any one of them, Rogers says.
At one point, TVA says it had problems with rotors in the power generators that spin to make electricity during the day. Over the past three years, we've done a lot of work to replace the rotors, we've rebuilt equipment on the generators, says Cornett, we've put new transformers in the mountain and the cables are the last piece of the puzzle.
Those cables carrying electricity generated from beloware massive. Each one weighs 15 pounds per foot and they range anywhere from 2,200 feet to 2,600 feet, Cornett says, so you're looking at approximately 40,000 pounds per cable.
Each cable is pulled up the visitors center elevator shaft 1,080 feet high, to be tied into the TVA power grid. While work is going on down below, work on other parts of the facility is also going on.. almost 1,100 feet higher, workers are doing maintenance on the lake.
We're told that no major problems were discovered during this down time for Raccoon Mountain.
Right now, the Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage facility is on target to resume generating power on November 21st.
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List of the Tours at Chattanooga - United States Of America
The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway,
Glen Falls Trail,
Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center,
Lookout Mountain,
Walnut Street Bridge,
Tennessee Aquarium,
Chattanooga Zoo,
Coolidge Park,
Songbirds,
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum,
Coolidge Park Antique Carousel,
International Towing and Recovery Museum,
Raccoon Mountain Caverns,
Creative Discovery Museum,
Chattanooga Choo Choo,
Bluff View Art District,
AT&T Field,
Ruby Falls,
Hunter Museum of American Art,
Chattanooga Riverwalk,
Tivoli Theater,
Tennessee Riverpark,
Coker Museum,
Ross's Landing Park,
Raccoon Mountain Dam,
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REMAKE Abandoned Reservoir Dam | LaFollette, Tennessee shot with Phantom 4 Drone
Remake of the first video I uploaded. Had alot of people complain so I made this. Enjoy. Thanks for the support. :)
Heres a video of an old abandoned reservoir in Lafollette, Tennessee. Video taken with Phantom 4 Drone. Video is raw footage unedited. 4K.
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I had the opportunity to visit Chattanooga, TN along with the Wind Ensemble at my school. This is some stuff we did over the span of two days, along with a performance. It was an incredible experience and I'm so happy I got to spend it with the best group of people I know :-)
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A quick stroll in Downtown Chattanooga after Sunday morning mass.
Racoon Mountain trail
I strapped a camera to my bike and went riding on some of the good downhill sections of the racoon mountain trail system. enjoy.
Raccoon Mountain 4/7/11
During Spring Break, nine courageous students, two crazy teachers, and a few other out-of-their-minds adults went to Raccoon mountain to go spelunking. We crawled on our bellies through mud and water, shimmied through an 11 hole, and had a great time.
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