Hiwassee National Refuge


Hiwassee River Wildlife Management Area Meigs County, TN Location: "On the Tennessee River (Chickamauga Lake) at river mile 499 (border of the counties of Hamilton, Rhea, and Meigs)" Weather: highs in the mid 60's in the winter, highs in the mid 80's in the summer. This hotspot host several rare birds that include the Bald Eagle, the Sandhill Crane, and the Whooping Crane. There are trails in the park, but they are closed when the Sandhill Cranes are migrating in the area. Several of the Bald Eagles that nest on the Tennessee River were released by Dollywood's "American Eagle Foundation."

Hiwassee River Wildlife Management Area
Meigs County, TN
Location: "On the Tennessee River (Chickamauga Lake) at river mile 499 (border of the counties of Hamilton, Rhea, and Meigs)"

Weather: highs in the mid 60's in the winter, highs in the mid 80's in the summer.

This hotspot host several rare birds that include the Bald Eagle, the Sandhill Crane, and the Whooping Crane. There are trails in the park, but they are closed when the Sandhill Cranes are migrating in the area. Several of the Bald Eagles that nest on the Tennessee River were released by Dollywood's "American Eagle Foundation."

This has the largest flock of migrating Sandhill Cranes in the Southeast of Florida.

Birds Found at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
American Kestrel
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Killdeer
Swan Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull