Away from the music, we are planning to see a couple of other key attractions in Tennessee:
1) Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga which is three attractions in one - Rock City, Ruby Falls and the Incline Railway
2) Jack Daniels Tour.... how can anyone come to Tennessee an not visit the home of JD. I thought Tennessee was a dry state but it looks like the tours include free samples... Lee will be driving on this day!!
| State: | Tennessee |
| Towns of Interest: (FB) = Firebreak | Memphis Nashville |
| National Parks: | Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
| State Parks of Interest: | N/A |
| Places of Interest: (N) = Night Stay | Memphis (Nx2) Beale Street (historic street that runs for about two miles from East Street to the Mississippi River and one of the top Memphis attractions. Many restaurants and blues clubs) Sun Studios operates a shuttle that will take you to Graceland and Sun from downtown hotels for free Sun Studio (Elvis Presley made Sun the most famous studio in the world. The building of the studio, now a museum.) Graceland (Mansion constructed in the colonial revival-style in which Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, lived for 20 years and in which he died in 1977) Cooper-Young Historic District 9 (Eclectic, cosmopolitan, lively, fun and artistic are just a few ways of describing this city block between Cooper and Young Streets in downtown Memphis) National Civil Rights Museum (Goal of sharing lessons learned from the American Civil Rights Movement as well as investigating the ways in which this period of the nation’s history have influenced and shaped the freedom and equality of all men today. Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum (Story about the birth of rock and soul in Memphis) Woodruff-Fontaine House (Located on Adams Avenue in Memphis. Built in 1871, the house belonged to Amos Woodruff) Mud Island River Park (It can be reached by a monorail called the Memphis Suspension Railway. One of the highlights of the park is the Riverwalk, a scale model of the Lower Mississippi River with twenty cities and small towns marked along the model river as well as markers containing historic facts) Peabody Ducks (Visit around 11 a.m., when the ducks make their way from their Royal Duck Palace on the hotel's rooftop down the red carpet through the hotel lobby and into the Peabody Fountain where they spend their day splashing about. Aftr 5pm you can see them in their home on the roof) Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum (Features artifacts portraying life in the South during the days of slavery. Also a stop along the Underground Railroad, the house is filled with secret passages and trap doors used by runaway slaves attempting to flee north to freedom.) Lynchburg Jack Daniels distillery tour. There are two different tours that run at the weekend every 30 minutes; both are 1h 30m - suggest we do the THE ANGEL'S SHARE tour - $22pp Chattanooga (N) Tennessee Riverpark (Starts at the Chickamauga Dam and winds for the next ten miles along the mighty Tennessee River until it reaches downtown Chattanooga. Good for enjoying the view of the river) Lookout Mountain (Lookout Mountain includes three attractions - Trek through Rock City’s natural wonders and “See Seven States” views, tour Ruby Falls, America’s deepest cave and largest underground waterfall accessible to the public, and ride the Incline Railway, the world’s steepest passenger railway. $50 per person for all three attractions.) Walnut Street Bridge (Longest pedestrian bridge in the world, connects the north shore of Tennessee River to downtown Chattanooga) Coolidge Park (Located on River Street on Chattanooga’s North Shore, Coolidge Park is a popular waterfront park - next to Walnut Street Bridge) Bluff View Art District (historic neighborhood in downtown Chattanooga - full of art galleries, bed and breakfasts, coffee shops, courtyards, gardens and restaurants) Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (Located on Cromwell Road, founded to save historic steam locomotives) Great Smoky Moutain NP (N) Newfound Gap Road (34 mile road that crosses the park. A virtual byway in the sky): - Start at the visitors center in Oconaluftee (near Cherokee, NC) - The Mountain Farm Museum is a cluster of farm buildings gathered from their original locations in the park, adjacent to the visitors center. - The 7-mile Clingmans Dome Road veers off sharply and winds through a spruce-fir forest to a parking lot. There is a half mile trail ending at a spiral ramp that leads to a lookout tower. It is the highest point in the park and where you can get a panoramic view. - Chimney Tops Overlook offers views of the double summits - Short drive on is Chimneys, a fine picnic stop and a good place to stretch your legs on the 0.75 mile self-guided Cove Hardwood Nature Trail - Finish in the visitors center in Sugarlands (near Galinburg, TN) Foothills Parkway (One way, scenic road through the Great Smoky Mountains - 9 miles) - Start on the Parkway (route 441) just before the Sky Lift in Gatlinburg and turn onto Cherokee Orchard Road (sign says 'Historic Nature Trail Airport Road) - Noah "Bud" Ogle Cabin (just 2 miles from the entrance on your right. This log home is the first of many along this route and includes a short walking trail) - Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail (Grotto Falls is 1/2 hour walk from the parking area) - Place of a Thousand Drips (just before the end stop on your left to see one of the park's few roadside waterfalls) - Finishes back in Gatlingburg Gatlinburg - Lots of bars and restaurants, a big tourist town - Gatlinburg Skylift (takes you up the Crockett Mountain. Built to resemble a ski-lift, it takes five to six minutes, and offers a rest area, refreshments, and a small gift shop at the observation area up top) - Gatlinburg Space Needle (observation tower overlooking Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains. Visitors are taken up to the observation deck in two glass elevators. On the observation deck visitors can use viewfinders at no cost, and are treated to educational exhibits) Cades Cove (11 mile driving loop through an old community) - John Oliver Place, site 3 (A small cabin built with split-wood shingles and hand shewn logs) - Primitive Baptist Church, site 4 (skipped by most visitors as it is located on a two-way dirt road off the loop road but worth a stop) - Methodist Church, site 5 (has a door for men and a door for women and children) - Just past the church is Hyatt Land, an old road out of Cades Cove and today a shortcut that slices off a big piece of the tour. Stay on the loop road. - Miss out sites 8 (Rich Mountain Road) and 9 (Cooper Road Trail), they require more time as they are long hikes - John Cable Mill, site 12 (where corn was grown and milled, also the visitor center) - Tipton Place, site 17 (home of a blacksmith) - Carter Shields Cabin, site 18 (typical log cabin) Nashville (Nx2) The Johnny Cash Museum Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (The world’s largest popular music museum) RCA Studio B (The famous recording studio where Elvis recorded more than 200 songs. Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Chet Atkins, Eddy Arnold, and many more recorded classic hits) Centennial Park (Full-scale reproduction of the ancient Parthenon in Athens, Greece) Franklin Factory (a 12-building dining, retail, and entertainment complex that’s listed in the National Register of Historic Places) Main Street / Downtown Franklin (more than 150 unique places to explore in the 15-block downtown National Register District, including trendy shops, antiques, and restaurants) Lower Broadway (“NashVegas” This strip of bars offers live music every day of the week and partying into the early a.m) |
| Routes of Interest: | Old Blues Highway (Route 61 between Memphis and Vicksburg) Foothills Parkway (Great Smoky Mountains - Lots of Scenic Overlooks) Newfound Gap Road (Rte. 441 - Great Smoky Mountains) |
| Useful Links: | http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/road-trips/blues-highway-road-trip/ https://www.memphisrocknsoul.org/sunstudioshuttle |
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