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NOTE:
Please browse ALL the Lodging pages. On them you will find
different recreational, local, and National Park
information.
Don't skip any page or you may miss something happening
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Most lodging facilities in and around Townsend &
Walland Tennessee are situated within a very
comfortable distance to local restaurants, shops,
and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Recreation is not the kind you will find at theme
parks but rather the kind that puts you in touch
with nature. The Little River offers anglers an
ideal environment for trout fishing and for those
that enjoy a few hours floating down the river
tubing rentals are handy and provide shuttles up the
Little River at starting points and are available
down river to pick you up. There are several horse
and bicycle rentals for young and old with miles of
trails set aside for both. If you do stay with us in
the Townsend area your drive to most of these
locations could be from two or three minutes up to
ten or fifteen minutes only. A drive to
Cades Cove will
take 30 minutes to an hour depending upon the
traffic and the season as will a trip to Wears
Valley, with Gatlinburg adding about 20 additional
minutes to your trip. |
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Cades
Cove, Photo by Lensay Mills
Visitors to Townsend will not find a
lack of activities to enjoy during
their stay. Visit the
Great Smoky
Mountains Heritage Center
and take a historic journey through time to
experience the diverse cultures of Townsend
and Tuckaleechee Cove. ChristyFest is an
annual festival held in Townsend, to
celebrate Christy the novel by Catherine
Marshall... so much more. |
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Cable Mill,
Photo by David Styles |
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Music from the
Mountains
Music is deeply
imbedded in the culture of the people of
East Tennessee. Presenting and sharing music
is as much a joy for the musicians and it is
for the listeners. There are annual events
and festivals such as the
Spring Festival and Old Timers Day,
and the
Fall Heritage and Old
Timers Day as well as weekly
Bluegrass sessions at local establishments
and community centers. Though the music is
varied, Bluegrass, Folk, Gospel and
Down-Home Country music definitely make up
the majority of these presentations and jam
sessions. Mountain folk have long treasured
the heritage of
their past, and dearly love to share it in the songs
passed along from generation to generation. Guitars,
fiddles and mountain instruments such as the
dulcimer come alive with this love... music from the
mountains. |
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Old
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Cades Cove in the Smokies
Cades Cove
nestles in a beautiful valley. Open fields lap
against 5,500-foot mountain peaks. With more than
2.5 million visitors annually, it is the Park's most
popular destination. Most people come to these 5,000
open acres to observe the wildlife. In addition to
the wide variety of wildlife, several historic
buildings date to the nineteenth century, including
a working grist mill, barns, three churches, pioneer
log cabins, and frame houses.
An 11 mile
loop road accesses the cove. The one-way, paved road
is open from sunrise to sunset year-round. On
Wednesdays and Saturdays from early May to late
September the road is closed to motor vehicles until
10:00a.m. This allows a safe, quiet experience for
bicyclists and pedestrians. On December's Saturdays,
the loop road closes to cars until noon. Hayrides,
available most of the year, serve as public
transportation. Bicyclists and walkers can also use
the road. |
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Little River Railroad & Lumber
Company
In 1886, a
group of investors headed by Col. W.B. Townsend from
Pennsylvania, after a lumber resource investigation,
formed these two companies. Early in 1901, Little
River Lumber Company was chartered as lumber
operations began in Blount and Sevier Counties in
what is now known as the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. On November 21, 1901, the
Little River Railroad was chartered.
Nearly 100,000 acres of timberland were purchased
along Little River and its tributaries, in Cades
Cove, and along Pigeon River.
Construction of the railroad began in Walland in
1902 where it interchanged with the Knoxville and
Augusta, predecessor of the Knoxville and Charleston
Railway, a subsidiary of Southern Railway. The eight
miles from Walland to Townsend was opened for
operation January 1, 1903, and the three miles
between Townsend and the forks of Little River (the
Y) were completed in March, 1903. The operation was
extended for fifteen miles through Little River
Gorge to Elkmont in 1906. A spur was extended to
Clingman's Dome. Many spurs which were built to
reach virgin timber only existed a month or two... |
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thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the
mountains, and they shall smoke... Psalms 144:5 |
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