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UK Office: Tennessee Tourism, Woodlands
Park Street, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9AH
TENNESSEE
Tel: +44 (0) 1462 440784
Fax: +44 (0) 1462 440783
TENNESSEE
the volunteer state
E-Mail: Tennessee@david-nicholson.com
Website: www.tnvacation.com
Land Area: 42,000 square miles
Population: 5,700,000
State Capital: Nashville
Largest City: Memphis
Local Time: CST from Memphis to
Nashville – 6 hrs behind the UK EST in
eastern part of state – 5 hrs behind the UK
Climate: Hot summers, mild winters with
snow in mountains. Moderate rainfall
throughout the year.
National Parks: Great Smoky
Mountains and four others under National
Parks Service administration.
small town festivals and attractions.
There’s the Smithville Fiddler’s
Jamboree where famous musicians are
actually discovered, and the Brownsville
Blues Festival rooted in talent that start-
ed in the cotton fields and played all the
way to Memphis. Dollywood theme
park in Pigeon Forge is jam packed with
musical shows, and the Cumberland
Playhouse in Crossville offers the best in
Broadway musicals every year.
From the Mississippi River to the Fork, raft down roaring Olympic the self-guided Antebellum Trail through Tennessee is a four season state. In
Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee is gorges of the Ocoee River, follow pio- Davidson, Williamson and Maury coun- deep winter, there’s cross country ski-
waiting for you to discover the best of neer footsteps through the ties, and ride along the ancient Natchez ing at Roan Mountain State Park. In
America’s riveting history, exciting out- Cumberland Gap and the Great Trace Parkway in Middle Tennessee. spring, massive clouds of white dog-
doors, great musical styles, friendly Smoky Mountains, and catch a glimpse Travel by paddlewheel in Clarksville and wood blooms fill the forests of East
people and mouthwatering foods. of the nesting American bald eagles in Savannah. Explore English ancestry in Tennessee in and around Knoxville and
Tennessee has endless blockbuster are celebrated each year at Knoxville’s
entertainment from Beale Street blues
If you see only one thing…
Dogwood Festival. In summer, cool off
and Elvis’s rock ’n’ roll in Memphis to
Take the free tour at the Jack Daniel’s Distillery in Lynchburg, near Nashville.
in Sweetwater’s underground Lost
Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry and Music Sea, or take a pontoon ride at Birdsong
Row’s country, gospel, and pop music
Strange but true…
Resort in Camden to see divers harvest
to the bluegrass of Appalachia. freshwater pearls. In the fall, pause
Tennessee offers eclectic festivals like
The Bell Witch Cave in Adams is home to the only documented, authentic "haunting" in the U.S.
under a tree of brilliant fall leaves at one
South Pittsburg’s Cornbread Festival, of our 54 state parks.
Bell Buckle’s Moon Pie Festival and
Look out for…
So, what are you waiting for?
Jonesborough’s International Storytelling
Dolly Parton, Justin Timberlake, Isaac Hayes, BB King and Rev. Al Green.
Come to Tennessee, where you’ll be
Festival. And for Tennessee’s fine arts, centre stage!
there are world-class galleries like the the cypress trees of Reelfoot Lake. Elizabethton and Rugby, and follow the
Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville, History is everywhere, from the origins of country music in Bristol,
the Hunter in Chattanooga and homes of U.S. presidents Andrew Knoxville and Nashville.
Knoxville’s Museum of Art. Jackson, James K. Polk and Andrew And there are museums to show-
Outdoor enthusiasts can take a hike Johnson, to the Civil War battlefields of case it all. The Sequoyah Birthplace
through the deep forests of Big South Shiloh, Stones River and Franklin. Tour Museum in Vonore details Cherokee
Heritage, and the American Museum
of Science & Energy in Oak Ridge
chronicles the transition from the 18th
century to the Atomic Age. The Stax
Rock ’n’ Soul Museum and Sun Studio
in Memphis reveal the influential impact
on American music in the last 50 years,
and the Country Music Hall of Fame
and Museum in Nashville showcases all
of country music’s roots. The Casey
Jones Village in Jackson illustrates one
man’s deeds in legend and song, and
the International Towing Museum in
Chattanooga reveals how everything
has a history worth telling.
Hear our best music for yourself at
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