Tri-Cities Airport 22 min
Elizabethton Covered Bridge (15 min) Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park (19 min) Interpretive exhibits on 18th-century history plus a trail with signs detailing events of the area. Friends of Steele Creek (18 min) Boone Lake (11 min) Public dam & reservoir featuring a recreational lake for boating, fishing & swimming. Warriors' Path State Park (26 min) Lakeside recreation area with disc golf, mountain biking & attractions designed for accessibility. Bristol Caverns (18 min) Attraction featuring ancient caverns with unique mineral formations & an underground river. Holston Mountain (1 hr) Hiking, camping, and mountain Backyard Terrors and Dinosaur Park (9 min) Backyard attraction featuring 40 life-size sculptures of dinosaurs created by the property's owner. Winged Deer Park (11 min) Sprawling park featuring softball & soccer fields, an 18-hole disc golf course & paved trails. Rocky Mount State Historic Site (8 min) Living history museum featuring a 1971 log house & outbuildings, with costumed actors & exhibits. Birthplace of Country Music Museum (20 min) Spacious museum dedicated to historic recordings of some of the earliest country music in America. Steele Creek Park (18 min) 2,200-acre lakefront park with paddleboating plus regular & disc golf, a mini train & nature trails. Bristol Motor Speedway (6 min) High-banked, quarter-mile race track hosts major auto races, amateur driving schools & daily tours. Blue Hole Falls (28 min) Appalachian Caverns (9 min) Well-known caverns with guided tours, campsites & a gem mine with an easygoing atmosphere. |