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About Tellico Plains, TN

Tellico Plains is a mountain gateway town in southeastern Tennessee, about 25 miles from I-75 via Highway 165 through Madisonville. It's the starting point for the scenic Cherohala Skyway into North Carolina and sits at the edge of Cherokee National Forest. Highway 68 provides east-west connections to Sweetwater. The 411 Twin Drive-In, operating since 1955, remains one of Tennessee's last functioning drive-in theaters.

Where is Tellico Plains, TN on the map?

Tellico Plains, TN is in United States, at 35.367, -84.298 - about 36 km south of Vonore, TN.

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The closest airport to Tellico Plains, TN is McGhee Tyson Airport, 78 km (about 1 h 6 min by car).

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