J. Percy Priest Dam is a dam in north central Tennessee at river mile 6.8 of the Stones River, a tributary of the Cumberland. It is located about ten miles (16 km) east of downtown Nashville. The reservoir behind the dam is Percy Priest Lake. It is one of four major flood control reservoirs for the Cumberland; the others being Wolf Creek Dam, Dale Hollow Dam, and Center Hill Dam.
J. Percy Priest Dam forms Percy Priest Lake on the Stones River.
J. Percy Priest Dam and hydroelectric power plant
The Stones River is a major stream of the eastern portion of Tennessee's Nashville Basin region and a tributary of the Cumberland River. It is named after explorer and longhunter Uriah Stone, who navigated the river in 1767.
Stones River along the Murfreesboro Greenway
The Stone Rivers Pedestrian Greenway Bridge in Nashville