Scott County is located in northeastern Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau in the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Scott County contains the Appalachian Mountains and the western part contains the Big South Fork Cumberland River Gorge. A museum in his memory is located on Highway 33 in Maynardville. Big Ridge State Park on Norris Lake includes 3,600 heavily wooded acres of recreational land. The deep waters of Norris Lake produce excellent catches of rockfish, walleye and smallmouth bass.
Union County has lots to offer.