"Where in North America is this?" Section VII

[jayree]

The house is not in North Carolina but it is in the southeast.

Clue #3: Here is a picture of the rear of the house.


Photo by: Jerry Kendrick

Jayree.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Possibly the home of Tennessee's first governor, John Sevier?

Mark

[jayree]

The house is in the state of Tennessee but not in Marble Springs.

Clue #4: The house is located near two rivers.

Jayree.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Davy Crockett's cabin? Or maybe Greeneville, TN where he was born?

am I any warmer?

Nah... that house looks too fancy for both of these places...


Mark

[UKCraig]

The one thing that the picture does not do justice to is the wonderful lime green color of the water due to the glacial runoff from the mountains in the background.

I've been to LL twice in the last two years and have yet to see the colour of the water! In May 08 it was iced over and when I returned in Feb 09 it was frozen solid (apart from the top end of the lake where I stuck my foot through into the cold water below when hiking across it!) and covered in a ton of snow. I must return in summer someday!

[jayree]

It is not Davy's Crockett's house. The back view of the house (see picture above) has a clue to the name of the house. Here is a picture loooking away from the house at a snake fence and some more buildings.


Photo by: Jerry Kendrick

Clue #5: Here is a BIG clue. It is located in a National Recreation Area (USDA property, not NPS).

Jayree.

[AZBuck]

Given enough clues, even a blind pig can find truffles. It's the Homeplace in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.

AZBuck

[Mark Sedenquist]

....A blind pig? Actually, I liked that assessment and excellent job figuring that one out!

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

What is the name of the observatory and what is it famous for?


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