This 21-acre floodplain parcel was purchased by LTLT in May of 2003 and protects a half mile of wetland and river frontage at the foot of Coweeta Creek, 3 miles downstream of the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and quarter mile downstream of LTLT's Tessentee Farm Preserve.

The opportunity arose from a foreclosure sale of a failed RV park at the junction of Coweeta Creek and The Little Tennessee river.

In July of 2005 LTLT acquired 27 acres at the confluence of Coweeta Creek with the Little Tennessee River in southern Macon County. This large bottomland encompasses a half-mile of Little Tennessee River frontage along with 900’ of Coweeta Creek and lies adjacent to the 21-acre failed RV park acquired by LTLT two years ago. As such LTLT’s “Coweeta Preserve” now totals 48 acres of rich bottomland with a mile of river frontage including the mouth of Coweeta Creek. This lies a quarter-mile down river from LTLT’s “Tessentee Farm Preserve”.

The Coweeta bottomlands was site of the ancient town of Coweeta – a Cherokee town from the 14th to 18th centuries, and this area still supports the most robust stands of rivercane in the upper Little Tennessee valley. Protection of the Coweeta lands, which lie along US Highway 441, is part of the Land Trust’s strategy to preserve the historic landscape of the Little Tennessee Valley.