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REGIONAL ATTRACTIONS
ELDERHOSTEL PROGRAM

The following regional attractions are suggested for sight-seeing either en route to or from our Elderhostel sites or during a free time period while staying with us.  Please ask us about the specifics necessary to choose or to find an attraction.

TENNESSEE

Afternoon Trips:  TVA/Norris Lakes; Cove Lake State Park; Museum of Appalachia; Norris Dam State Park; Town of Cumberland Gap; Woodlake Golf Course, Tazewell

Day Trips:   Historic Jonesboro; Oak Ridge; Gatlinburg & Great Smokey Mountains National Park; Bays Mountain Planetarium, Kingsport

KENTUCKY

Afternoon Trips:  Hiking trails, Cumberland Gap National Historic Park; Bell County Historic Society Museum, N. 20th Street, Middlesboro; Middlesboro Country Club (oldest continually played golf course in U.S.); Pine Mountain State Park, trails, golf course, and Ray Harm art collection, Red Bird Mission School & Crafts, Beverly; Pine Mountain Settlement School; Henderson Settlement School & Crafts, Frakes; Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site, Barbourville; Village Crafts Shop, Barbourville

Day Trips:  Renfro Valley Country Music; Kingdom Come State Park; Benham School House Inn, Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, and Sleepy Hollow Golf Course, Benham

VIRGINIA

Afternoon Trips:  Hiking trails, Cumberland Gap National Historic Park; Karlan Mansion, Wilderness Road State Park; Appalachian African-American Cultural & Community Development Center, Stone Face Rock, Pennington Gap; John Fox Jr. Museum, June Tolliver Playhouse, Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama; Big Stone Gap; Natural Bridge State Park; A. P. Carter Family Museum

Day Trips:  Martha Washington Inn, Barter Theatre, Historic Abington; Abington; Breaks Interstate Park, trails and advanced rafting; Daniel Boone Wilderness Road, Kingsport to Cumberland Gap

 
Lincoln Memorial University
308 Avery Hall
6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway  -  Harrogate, TN  37752 -  423.869.3611,  ext. 6260
Dr. Quinton Wacks, Department of Social Sciences
and Coordinator of Elderhostel Program