Downtown Tellico Plains
A walkable old main street with local shops, antiques, and places to eat. Five minutes from the house.
Main street and mountain roads
Shopping & attractions.
Old storefronts in town, and a lot of history and scenery just past it. Check hours and seasonal road notices before you go.
Shopping
Coker Creek
Small mountain community with a gold-rush past, just up the road from the house.
Things to see
Cherohala Skyway
A National Scenic Byway that starts in Tellico Plains and climbs over 5,000 feet into the mountains toward North Carolina.
Charles Hall Museum
A free museum in town packed with local history — old tools, guns, telephones, and Tellico Plains heritage.
Bald River Falls
A roadside waterfall in the Cherokee National Forest, along the Tellico River.
Tellico Trout Hatchery
A working hatchery up the Tellico River road — a good stop for kids and anglers alike.
Indian Boundary Lake
A quiet mountain lake off the Skyway with a loop trail, swimming, and picnic spots in season.
The Lost Sea
America’s largest underground lake, inside a historic cavern near Sweetwater — guided tours include a glass-bottom boat ride.
Sequoyah Birthplace Museum
On Tellico Lake in Vonore, telling the story of Sequoyah, who created the Cherokee writing system, and of the Cherokee people of this region.
Fields of the Wood
A hillside Bible park just over the North Carolina line near Murphy, with the Ten Commandments laid out in giant letters across the mountainside.
Your home base
Everything here is a short drive from the house.
10712 New Hwy 68Tellico Plains, TN 37385Get directions