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  • Mead’s Quarry Lake

    Photograph of Mead's Quarry Lake at the Ijam's Nature Center in Knoxville, TN
    Photograph of Mead's Quarry Lake at the Ijam's Nature Center in Knoxville, TN
    Photograph of Mead's Quarry Lake at the Ijam's Nature Center in Knoxville, TN

    I recently had the opportunity to hike around Mead’s Quarry Lake, located at the Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. With cool temperatures and plenty of sunshine, it was indeed an enjoyable and scenic visit.

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  • Ijams Nature Center

    These photographs were taken while hiking at Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, including Mead’s Quarry Lake and The Keyhole:

  • Ijams Nature Center

    Yesterday I visited Mead’s Quarry Lake, part of the Ijams Nature Center, a 315-acre park along the Tennessee River in Knoxville, where I hiked for a few hours. Mining operations in the early 1900’s included extraction of limestone and marble, and remnants of milled-stone are evident throughout the park. Here are a few photographs of the area: