Pictures and Words: TVA Watauga Dam Campground in Elizabethton, Tennessee

The Tennessee Valley Authority Watauga Damp Campground puts you close to the Appalachian Trail and Watauga Lake. We visited in late October/early November of 2025.

Watauga Lake.

Watauga Dam created Watauga Lake. The dam creates electric power.

Vic hiked the AT in 2003. He remembers passing through here.

Autumn leaf on our window.

We had a sunny day so we paddled on Watauga Lake.

Blaze sits on a rock at the top of the Dam with the white hashes showing the AT.