Copperhill: Martin Campbell Field - Tennessee, United States
The Appalachian Mountains define the setting of Copperhill — wooded ridges and foothills give this small Tennessee town on the Georgia line its enclosed, upland character. Copperhill forms a bi-state community with McCaysville, Georgia, where the Ocoee River crosses the boundary and becomes the Toccoa River. The town grew with the Ducktown Copper Basin, once a major copper-mining district whose smelters profoundly altered the surrounding land. The Ocoee is also a whitewater river; its course hosted canoe slalom competition during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. A compact town center and general-aviation facilities now occupy this corner of southeast Tennessee near Cherokee National Forest.
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The Ocoee River defines the setting of Copperhill — its valley cuts through the southern Appalachians and places this Tennessee town beside the Georgia line, opposite McCaysville. Copperhill belongs to the Copper Basin, where large-scale copper mining and smelting shaped the local economy for generations and left a dramatic environmental legacy; restoration has since returned tree cover to much of the surrounding hills. Downtown retains the compact feel of a former industrial town, with Tennessee and Georgia meeting only steps apart. Farther west, the Ocoee became internationally known as the canoe slalom venue for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Continue to other webcams in Tennessee and north Georgia to compare river valleys and mountain-town settings around Copperhill.
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