Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Townsend

Name: Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center
Address: 123 Cromwell Dr, Townsend, 37882, United States
Telephone: +1 865-448-0044

#1 among attractions in Townsend

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Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Townsend

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The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is a private non-profit museum located in Townsend, Tennessee, United States, near the city's entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Its mission is to preserve the heritage and culture of the inhabitants of the Great Smoky Mountains, including both the region's Native American inhabitants and the pioneers and residents of the region's Appalachian communities. The center was organized in the early 2000s, and officially opened in February 2006. ()

Established: 2006 (19 years ago)Coordinates: 35°40'35"N, 83°43'21"W

Address

123 Cromwell DrTownsend 37882 United States

Contact

+1 865-448-0044

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Day trips

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Walker Sisters Place, Roundtop Trail, Little Greenbrier School, The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum.

5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Walker Sisters Place, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
136 min walk • The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
4.4 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Roundtop Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
113 min walk • The Roundtop Trail is an American hiking trail in Sevier County and Blount County sections of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The trail traverses the crest of Roundtop, a 3,077-foot mountain that straddles the park's northern boundary.
4.7 miE
Historical place, Church
Little Greenbrier School, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
120 min walk • The Little Greenbrier School is a former schoolhouse and church in the ghost town of Little Greenbrier in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.
1.7 miW
35°40'39"N • 83°45'8"W
The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum, Townsend
43 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
1.7 miW
Museum
Little River Railroad, Townsend
43 min walk • The Little River Railroad is a historic class III railroad that operated between Maryville and Elkmont, Tennessee, during the period 1901 to 1939.
3.2 miSW
Cave, Waterfall, Park
Tuckaleechee Caverns, Townsend
81 min walk • Tuckaleechee Caverns is a tourist attraction and the largest and highest rated cave or caverns by AAA East of the Mississippi river. Tuckaleechee runs under the Smoky Mountains National Park to Townsend, Tennessee. The caverns were discovered in the mid-19th century and were opened to the public by Bill Vananda and Harry Myers in 1953.
4.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bote Mountain, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
119 min walk • Bote Mountain is a mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Tennessee, in the United States. Bote Mountain is located in the Great Smoky Mountains, which began forming in the late Carboniferous and through the early Triassic, approximately 310 to 245 million years ago.