You'll find a kaleidoscope of intriguing
special events and charming small town attractions 'most any
time you're in Middle
Tennessee and the Upper Cumberland area.
Explore magnificent Cumberland
Caverns, Tennessee's largest cave. It's a must-see for
anyone traveling in this area. Located just outside of McMinnville,
it is open daily to the public year round.
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See Monty Wanamaker's Southern Museum and Gallery of Photography,
History and Culture on Main Street in McMinnville. Open from
10 to 4 Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, it's a treasure of
local history. Call Monty for details: 931-507-8102.
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Enjoy other fascinating downtown locations such as the Warren
County Heritage Center, Antiques
and the Arts and more Main
Street McMinnville treasures.
Hike, bicycle, or play golf at nearby
Fall Creek Falls, the "crown jewel of Tennessee state
parks." (For a mountain getaway, check out Cozy
Cabins and Cottages near Fall Creek Falls Park.)
Swim at Rock
Island State Park's natural sandbar beach or fish in its
famous "Blue Hole," only a few miles from McMinnville
on the headwaters of Center Hill Lake. (See Rock
Island's Facebook page for activity schedules.) Find out
why Olympic
class kayakers love Rock Island's water.
If you prefer, hike the unspoiled Savage
Gulf. Golfers can enjoy mountain scenery just a few miles
from town at the Collins
River Golf Course.
Select trees and shrubs at one of the multitude of nurseries
here in Warren County, the "nursery
capital of the world."
Don't forget "Jack
Daniel's country" in Lynchburg, less than an hour's
drive, explore the quaint town of Bell
Buckle and other attractions in Tennessee's backroads.
Treat yourself to a first-class play at the Cumberland
County Playhouse, "Tennessee's Family Theater,"
just an hour away in Crossville.
Retrace troop movements in the Civil War battles for Tennessee.
Some 15,000 Federal soldiers camped just down the road for
a year, and the Union and Confederacy swapped control of this
area numerous times. Civil War buffs will want to visit Stone's
River Battlefield about an hour northwest of McMinnville
and the Chickamauga
and Chattanooga National Military Parks just a little
further to the southeast.
Take in Nashville's Hermitage
and Grand Ole
Opry; or Chattanooga's Aquarium,
Rock
City; and Ruby
Falls -- all just an hour and a half away. For more information,
see sites for the Convention and Visitor's Bureaus in Chattanooga
and Nashville.
Or drive less than three hours to the Smokies' Pigeon
Forge and Gatlinburg.
If you're heading west between Nashville and Memphis, plan
a stop at the Tennessee
River Freshwater Pearl Farm, the only freshwater pearl-culturing
farm operation in the North American continent.
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