KOA Townsend near Great Smoky Mountains campground cabin review
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Horseback riding in the Smokies
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Cades Cove Campground in Townsend, Tennessee.
Cades Cove Campground is located in part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Exploring Cades Cove - Hayride & Horseback - Great Smokey Mountains National Park
If you are looking for a beautiful spot to camp in Great Smokey Mountains National Park, we would highly recommend Cades Cove. The sites are immaculate, with paved patios and tent spots or the perfect hammock trees all around. The store is nearby and houses a cafe inside. We rode our bikes to the Cades Cove Stables. They offer horseback rides, hayrides and carriage rides around the Cades Cove 11 mile loop. We took the hayride and then hopped on some horses. It was a wonderful way to explore and learn the history of the area.
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Horseback trail riding in Tennessee at Circle E Guest Ranch: Find yourself again and again
Circle E Guest Ranch has grown to become one of the nation's premier trail riding destinations. Ray Evans and his father had often discussed the idea of building a guest ranch one day, but it wasn't until after a weekend horseback trail ride with some friends that Ray turned that idea into a reality. In 2006, Circle E Guest Ranch was born out of Ray's desire to provide quality accommodations and a rewarding trail riding experience for all to enjoy. To learn more, visit
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Going Glamping near the Smokies
Dave Jones from the Tennessee department of tourist development shares where to go glamping if you aren't into the outdoors but still want to try camping.
Highland Manor Inn - Townsend Hotels, Tennessee
Highland Manor Inn 2 Stars Hotel in Townsend, Tennessee Within US Travel Directory Offering an outdoor pool and free WiFi access, this inn is located in Townsend, Tennessee.
The west entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is just 4 minutes’ drive away from the property.
A balcony with a mountain view is featured in all Highland Manor Inn rooms.
A desk and cable TV are provided as well as a microwave and refrigerator.
The en suite bathroom has a hairdryer.
Barbecue facilities are offered on site at Inn Highland Manor.
A vending machine and daily maid service are provided for guests’ convenience.
A children’s playground is also available.
Little River Railroad Museum is opposite the property, while Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is 3 km away.
Bicycle hires, fishing, and horseback riding services are offered in Townsend centre.
Highland Manor Inn - Townsend Hotels, Tennessee
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Gold Rush Stables Horseback riding and Carriage rides - Cubscout Eric
Cubscout Eric trys his hand at horseback riding. This adventure takes us into the Smoky mountains of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We ride horses through Rivers, Hills, and fields. Then return to the Stables to interview the stage hands. This is a fun fill learning experience for all on very tame horses. Maybe a couple horses with additudes! Don't forget to share and Subscribe! Thank you for watching, you guys are the best!
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The Bridge To Prosperity -Foxfire Mountain - Sevierville TN ( Americas Longest Swinging Bridge)
Our plan was to zipline through the Smokey Mountains in the fall as the leaves were changing, Unfortunately, we were a couple weeks too early this year and the leaves really began to change as we were heading back home. Regardless, we still had an amazing time zipping through the trees in leaves of green. We were so excited to visit Foxfire Mountian. Not only did we have a great time on The Goliath ZipLine Tour, touted as being the longest zip line in the Smokies, The The Bridge to Prosperity was indeed a magical place as well. There was so much to do here and the people were incredibly friendly. We went right after it had been opened so there was still some construction going on, and we didn't get to try everything, but we will definitely be back! We had a great time!
Video: Drew & Amanda ziplining @ Foxfire Mountain - Sevierville TN
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Foxfire Mountain Adventure Park is a beautiful 150-acre adventure park nestled in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains. Whether you want to soar through the mountains on one of our 15 world-class zip lines, navigate the forest on one of our high ropes aerial adventures, climb our 60-foot challenge wall, or free-fall from our breath-taking 55-foot tower, Foxfire Mountain has high adventures for everyone.
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TRUE Off-Roading in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains
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Sugarlands Visitor Center Smoky Mountains
Check out this tour of the Sugarlands Visitor Center located in the Smoky Mountains just outside if Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Tuckaleechee Caverns Cave.... Townsend, TN
Tuckaleechee Caverns Cave
Carved over tens of thousands of years in one of the earth's oldest mountain chains,
Tuckaleechee Caverns at Townsend, Tenn., are known as the Greatest Site Under
the Smokies.
Estimated to be between 20 to 30 million years old, the Caverns are rich in history
Indian Legend
According to legend, the Cherokee Indians knew of the Caverns and hid in them before the white man discovered them about 1850.
All the Cherokees lived in this part of the nation until about 1840 when the United States forced them to move to Oklahoma in a bitter winter trip known as “The Trail of Tears.” Some refused to leave and eventually were granted land in western North Carolina at Cherokee.
White Man Finds Caverns
The first white men began to settle in this area in the late 1700’s and the early 1800’s. Written reports tell of the discovery of the caverns by white man about the middle of the 19th century when sawmill workers watched water from a heavy rain pour into a sink hole in the area. The whole was filled with debris but one of the men found an opening in the rock and made his way to what is now the entrance of the caverns.
Even before the caverns were discovered, there were reports of a cool spot in the valley near a sink hole. Apparently the year-around 58-degree temperatures of the Caverns were cooling those who lingered near the sink hole which later became the entrance.
Local women were reported to have taken their sewing and other “chores” which could be moved easily to the opening in the hot summer months to benefit from the cooling breezes. Many children took their summer naps there. These same breezes now are piped into the gift shop and visitor center to help air-condition the buildings.
A crystal clear stream flows through the length of the caverns, draining much of the surface water from a small Alpine cove, Dry Valley, located directly above part of the caverns. The valley for its name long before it was known why the water disappeared quickly following heavy rains.
The caverns were opened to the public for a year in 1931 and then closed because of the Depression.
As young boys, W.E. “Bill” Vananda and Harry Myers of Townsend played near the entrance to the caverns and frequently ventured into them. While students at Maryville College in 1949, they got to talking about the feasibility of opening the cave to the public.
When Associated Press Pulitzer Prize Winning columnist Hal Boyle interviewed them about 1960, Myers recalled “We played Tom Sawyer in the main passage as kids. We explored it for three-quarters of a mile, sometimes wriggling on our bellies, and lighting our way with homemade lamps – pop bottles filled with kerosene.”
And over a cup of coffee they decided they would try to turn the cavers into a tourist attraction. Nobody would lend them money. Both were married and had two children. They went to Alaska and labored on construction jobs to raise funds.
After fours years of lonely toil – the two men had carried in hundreds of tons of sand, cement and gravel on their backs to build steps and passageways – they opened the cave in 1953.
Then came the big event when the Big Room was discovered in 1954 by members of the National Speleological Society. The group, headed by Burt H. Denton Jr. of Nashville, was part of the Tennessee Geological Cave Survey. Now open to the public as part of the mile-long guided tour, the big room is more than 400 feet long, 300 feet across, and 150 feet deep. (Mammoth Cave in Kentucky has maximum ceiling heights of only about 120 feet). The Big Room has stalagmites up to 24 feet high.
In 1955, the Big Room was opened to the public at the same time electric lights were added, eliminating the use of kerosene lanterns used to show the scenic beauty of the underground world.
The survey team remarked it had seen nothing as spectacular as Tuckaleechee Caverns east of Carlsbad Cavers in New Mexico.
A few months later, another group of spelunkers (cave explorers) discovered another beautiful room near the Big Room but it couldn’t be opened to the public without destroying part of the Caverns.
The newest section opened to the public includes the 200-foot high Silver Falls which is a double waterfall. Only the lower section may be fully viewed but visitors can look into a lighted upper room where the upper falls is located.
On April 9, 1958, the Caverns hosted about 65 members of the National Speliological Society, for a dinner. John and the late Norma Wilson of Wilson’s Hillbilly Restaurant served the meal on white tablecloths beneath the Smokies. The spelunkers were attending a national convention in the area.
Bill Vananda and his wife, Golden, and Harry Myers and his wife, Nita, owned and operated the caverns until 1982. Each couple ran the business on alternate days from April through October, seven days a week. The Myers sold their interest in the Caverns to the Vanandas in 1982.
It is one of the 8,350 known caves in Tennessee.
CADES COVE TRAIL RIDE 2013
Me and Taylor riding horses in Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountain National Park.
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Scenes just before Memorial Holiday, 2011. Happy Campers at Adventure Bound Camping Resort, formerly Crazy Horse Campground, Gatlinburg, Tennessee! Home of Smoky Mountain Jack Tales on its 25th Anniversary. Be in a Jack Tale, and be a Jack Tales Star on YouTube. Music by Bill Mize.
Highland Manor Inn.mp4
The Wines Family took a Vacation to Townsend, TN The Quiet side of the Smokies. This video shows the fun that they had while staying at the Highland Manor Inn owned and operated by Don and Sandy Headrick. Special Thanks go out to: River Rat Tubing, Cades Cove Stables, The Laurel Valley Resort, Tuckaleechee Caverns, Miss Lily's Cafe, The Parkway Grocery and all the people at the Highland Manor Inn.
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CampgroundViews.com - Little Arrow Outdoor Resort Townsend Tennessee TN
NOTE: This video is from 2015 and is of the previous property. new owners have fully renovated and improved the property.
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Little Arrow Outdoor Resort in Townsend Tennessee offers more than 80 RV spaces, 26 cabins, nine Clayton tiny homes, four modern “glamping” (glamorous camping) tents and a variety of amenities, including a playground, pool, coffee lounge, general store, laundry services and access to Little River and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Under new ownership and re-opened in 2018 (Formerly Tremont Outdoor Resort)
The resort has received a serious infusion of cash from the new owners with top notch facilities added. Interior roads are fresh packed gravel with gravel parking pads, picnic tables, fire rings and a natural setting. Shade trees are located throughout the property.
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Easy access to the river
14 Tent and Pop-Up Camper Sites
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Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Townsend, Tennessee
Cades Cove is a broad valley in the heart of the western part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near the Townsend entrance to the park. Before the creation of the park it was home to a small mountain community. Many of the old homesteads, featuring cabins, churches, a mill and other historical buildings have been preserved. Many features of the park are named after early Cades Cove settlers.
Visitors to Cades Cove usually follow an 11-mile-long one-way loop road that passes many of the historical sites in the valley. Hiking trails and wildlife sightings provide additional lures for the approximately 2 million visitors who come to Cades Cove every year.
The Photos (in order)
T14A1542 - The Cabin at John Oliver's place; John and Lucretia Oliver were the first settlers of European descent to make their home in the cove, settling there in 1818
T14A1553 - View of the Cades Cove valley
T14A1565 - The Primitive Baptist Church is one of a few churches from the Cades Cove community that have been preserved
T14A1596 - On the hike to Elijah Oliver's place I came across this mama bear with two cubs, which can be seen back in the trees
T14A1633 - The old gristmill at John Cable's place still grinds corn and wheat, available for purchase at the visitor center
T14A1674 - Carter Shields cabin
T14A1686 - Dogwoods bloom in spring; azalea, rhododendron and laurel also add a lot of color in the late spring
T14A1688 - One last view of the Cades Cove valley
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