Tuckaleechee Caverns
Townsend, Blount Co. · $$
Townsend show cave with a 210-foot underground waterfall, billed as the greatest site under the Smokies.
Heritage Museum · Townsend, TN · $$
The museum holds ancient pottery excavated in Townsend along with Cherokee material culture and artifacts from the logging and farming eras. Outside, a village of relocated 19th-century Appalachian buildings sits on the grounds with live interpreters at work. A 375-seat amphitheater hosts a summer concert series, and guided Cades Cove bus tours leave from here.
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Townsend, Blount Co. · $$
Townsend show cave with a 210-foot underground waterfall, billed as the greatest site under the Smokies.
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