McGhee Tyson Airport 2 hr 12
Oconaluftee Indian Village (11 min) Re-creation of a traditional Cherokee community with live performers, tours, crafts & a gift shop. Newfound Gap (40 min) Alpine road featuring the Rockefeller Memorial, honoring the Great Smoky Mountains park financer. Santa's Land Fun Park & Zoo (17 min) Year-round Santa Claus-themed park with rides, a gift shop, a zoo & paddle boating in a lake. Museum of the Cherokee Indian (11 min) Cherokee art, history & culture presented via exhibits, digital films, photographs & holographs. Mingus Mill (18 min) 1886 grist mill with demonstrations of its still-functional sluice, turbine & other machinery. Oconaluftee Visitor Center (17 min) Center with history exhibits on mountain life & a farm musuem with log structures, plus a gift shop. Clingmans Dome (51 min) Mountain with a seasonal road, paved trail & observation tower, plus an information center & store. Mountain Farm Museum (16 min) Group of historic log farm buildings, moved here in the 1950s, with living history exhibits. Mingo Falls (23 min) 120-ft. waterfall on the Cherokee Indian Reservation reached by a 0.4-mi. access trail. Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (15 min) Vintage steam trains with dining cars travel from a historic depot through scenic countryside. Andrews Bald (55 min) Grassy double peak in the Smoky Mountains, with hiking trails through forest & meadows. |