Holston River Weir Dam — Attraction in Bristol

This is an incredible place to visit. Very well kept, clean, etc. Clean bathrooms with sinks. Picnic tables with grills and trash cans. Excellent fishing for trophy brown trout and rainbow trout. Nice walking trail that goes over a bridge and around an island, approximately half mile I believe. Trail is also suitable for bicycles. Great nature views, usually see some sort of wildlife. Path I'd very well kept and marked and has benches along the way to rest, relax, or just take in the scenery. Mostly wading or bank fishing but last week I did see a new boat ramp??? Maybe for canoes and kayaks or small boats? I meant to go look but simply forgot. Great for kids, or elderly. Also the road goes across South Holston Dam so be sure to drive up there for even more...

This is a wonderful place to go. There is a 1.5 mile walking trail mostly shaded with picture worthy scenery. Every time I visit I see something new an owl, a beaver, a deer, a snake, a fish, a fish, a fish,a duck, a geese, and many birds and butterflies. If you like to fish there are many fishing spots around the island off trail and up and down the rivers edge. Sometimes you can hear the roaring of the generating waters. They have picnic tables with grills and a lovely bridge at which you can look down and see tons of brown and rainbow trout. The water is icy cold but that gives a nice cool breeze while you...

This place is so beautiful The South Holston dam. It was a perfect day. The area is very user-friendly. It has ramps available to walk down. It has bridges and areas to look at the weir dams, which are very cool if you have never seen them. Seen the dam seen people fly fishing seen a few deer. I highly recommend a visit. We also went to the caverns which was about 3 miles away from the dam area. It was really amazing and very cool to explore and experience. They are on a time schedule to see the caverns. But very informative and not...