Great Smoky Mountains Swinging Bridge Townsend, TN
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The Bridge To Prosperity -Foxfire Mountain - Sevierville TN ( Americas Longest Swinging Bridge)
Our plan was to zipline through the Smokey Mountains in the fall as the leaves were changing, Unfortunately, we were a couple weeks too early this year and the leaves really began to change as we were heading back home. Regardless, we still had an amazing time zipping through the trees in leaves of green. We were so excited to visit Foxfire Mountian. Not only did we have a great time on The Goliath ZipLine Tour, touted as being the longest zip line in the Smokies, The The Bridge to Prosperity was indeed a magical place as well. There was so much to do here and the people were incredibly friendly. We went right after it had been opened so there was still some construction going on, and we didn't get to try everything, but we will definitely be back! We had a great time!
Video: Drew & Amanda ziplining @ Foxfire Mountain - Sevierville TN
About Foxfire Mountain:
Foxfire Mountain Adventure Park is a beautiful 150-acre adventure park nestled in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains. Whether you want to soar through the mountains on one of our 15 world-class zip lines, navigate the forest on one of our high ropes aerial adventures, climb our 60-foot challenge wall, or free-fall from our breath-taking 55-foot tower, Foxfire Mountain has high adventures for everyone.
Foxfire Mountain Adventure Park is family owned and operated so you get that personal attention that you do not get in those corporate owned parks! Foxfire Mountain is chockfull of excitement, zip lining, ropes courses, swinging bridges, great food and so much more!
For more: foxfiremountain.com
Address: 3757 Thomas Ln • Sevierville, TN 37876
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TOP 10. Tourist Attractions & Things to Do in Townsend, Tennessee
TOP 10. Tourist Attractions & Things to Do in Townsend, Tennessee: Tuckaleechee Caverns, Foothills Parkway, Smoky Mountain River Rat, Mtn Trax, Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend Visitors Center, Next to Heaven Adventure, Cades Cove Cellars, The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum, Dark Island Swinging Bridge
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Scenes of a stream side ramble on the Thunderhead Prong Quiet Walkway in the GSMNP on 08/29/15.
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Townsend River Walk - Townsend, TN
One of the many activities in Townsend, TN is a walkable greenway running alongside the Little River. This beautiful greenway is totally secluded from roadways & makes for a fun (and cool, in the Summer time!) educational walk.
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775 Hawk View Drive, Townsend, TN 37882
Presented by Tom Hughes, Realty Executives Associates. Gorgeous Mountain Retreat in Townsend, TN. Close to 12 Mountaintop acres that back up to thousands of acres of pristine forest. Stunning 360 mountain views. Just 20 minutes to McGhee Tyson Airport and 10 minutes to The Great Smoky Mountain National Park. 3 fireplaces with over 7,000 sq ft of living space and porches under roof. Substantially built with antique chestnut beams and large plank floors. The Finest crafted home in every detail.
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Townsend, TN into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (The drive in)
This video was taken via a GoPro Hero3 mounted to the hood of my Jeep on a trip into the Smokies. It was a beautiful clear day. Video is from the entrance at Townsend to the Metcalf Bottoms Picnic area and follows the Little River.
Marathon WI Swinging Bridge
Historic bridge spanning the Rib River.
Built in the 1950's (I think) near the old defunct Marathon City Brewery.
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Tuckaleechee Caverns Cave.... Townsend, TN
Tuckaleechee Caverns Cave
Carved over tens of thousands of years in one of the earth's oldest mountain chains,
Tuckaleechee Caverns at Townsend, Tenn., are known as the Greatest Site Under
the Smokies.
Estimated to be between 20 to 30 million years old, the Caverns are rich in history
Indian Legend
According to legend, the Cherokee Indians knew of the Caverns and hid in them before the white man discovered them about 1850.
All the Cherokees lived in this part of the nation until about 1840 when the United States forced them to move to Oklahoma in a bitter winter trip known as “The Trail of Tears.” Some refused to leave and eventually were granted land in western North Carolina at Cherokee.
White Man Finds Caverns
The first white men began to settle in this area in the late 1700’s and the early 1800’s. Written reports tell of the discovery of the caverns by white man about the middle of the 19th century when sawmill workers watched water from a heavy rain pour into a sink hole in the area. The whole was filled with debris but one of the men found an opening in the rock and made his way to what is now the entrance of the caverns.
Even before the caverns were discovered, there were reports of a cool spot in the valley near a sink hole. Apparently the year-around 58-degree temperatures of the Caverns were cooling those who lingered near the sink hole which later became the entrance.
Local women were reported to have taken their sewing and other “chores” which could be moved easily to the opening in the hot summer months to benefit from the cooling breezes. Many children took their summer naps there. These same breezes now are piped into the gift shop and visitor center to help air-condition the buildings.
A crystal clear stream flows through the length of the caverns, draining much of the surface water from a small Alpine cove, Dry Valley, located directly above part of the caverns. The valley for its name long before it was known why the water disappeared quickly following heavy rains.
The caverns were opened to the public for a year in 1931 and then closed because of the Depression.
As young boys, W.E. “Bill” Vananda and Harry Myers of Townsend played near the entrance to the caverns and frequently ventured into them. While students at Maryville College in 1949, they got to talking about the feasibility of opening the cave to the public.
When Associated Press Pulitzer Prize Winning columnist Hal Boyle interviewed them about 1960, Myers recalled “We played Tom Sawyer in the main passage as kids. We explored it for three-quarters of a mile, sometimes wriggling on our bellies, and lighting our way with homemade lamps – pop bottles filled with kerosene.”
And over a cup of coffee they decided they would try to turn the cavers into a tourist attraction. Nobody would lend them money. Both were married and had two children. They went to Alaska and labored on construction jobs to raise funds.
After fours years of lonely toil – the two men had carried in hundreds of tons of sand, cement and gravel on their backs to build steps and passageways – they opened the cave in 1953.
Then came the big event when the Big Room was discovered in 1954 by members of the National Speleological Society. The group, headed by Burt H. Denton Jr. of Nashville, was part of the Tennessee Geological Cave Survey. Now open to the public as part of the mile-long guided tour, the big room is more than 400 feet long, 300 feet across, and 150 feet deep. (Mammoth Cave in Kentucky has maximum ceiling heights of only about 120 feet). The Big Room has stalagmites up to 24 feet high.
In 1955, the Big Room was opened to the public at the same time electric lights were added, eliminating the use of kerosene lanterns used to show the scenic beauty of the underground world.
The survey team remarked it had seen nothing as spectacular as Tuckaleechee Caverns east of Carlsbad Cavers in New Mexico.
A few months later, another group of spelunkers (cave explorers) discovered another beautiful room near the Big Room but it couldn’t be opened to the public without destroying part of the Caverns.
The newest section opened to the public includes the 200-foot high Silver Falls which is a double waterfall. Only the lower section may be fully viewed but visitors can look into a lighted upper room where the upper falls is located.
On April 9, 1958, the Caverns hosted about 65 members of the National Speliological Society, for a dinner. John and the late Norma Wilson of Wilson’s Hillbilly Restaurant served the meal on white tablecloths beneath the Smokies. The spelunkers were attending a national convention in the area.
Bill Vananda and his wife, Golden, and Harry Myers and his wife, Nita, owned and operated the caverns until 1982. Each couple ran the business on alternate days from April through October, seven days a week. The Myers sold their interest in the Caverns to the Vanandas in 1982.
It is one of the 8,350 known caves in Tennessee.
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Highland Manor Inn.mp4
The Wines Family took a Vacation to Townsend, TN The Quiet side of the Smokies. This video shows the fun that they had while staying at the Highland Manor Inn owned and operated by Don and Sandy Headrick. Special Thanks go out to: River Rat Tubing, Cades Cove Stables, The Laurel Valley Resort, Tuckaleechee Caverns, Miss Lily's Cafe, The Parkway Grocery and all the people at the Highland Manor Inn.
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