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801 W. Main St. Hwy. 67 Mountain City, Tenn. 37683 800-339-5084 423-727-0139 Our GPS address: 36-28-36N 81-48-49W 2905' |
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Wildflowers!
Judy & Robert Hotchkiss, innkeepers A great vacation is just a short trip away. .. so close and yet, so far! Come enjoy it.
Tuesdays and Saturdays in Season: Mountain City Farmer's Market, off Hwy.167, near Hwy. 421 at Shouns Crossing/ Mountain City Mountain Jam at the Johnson County/Mountain City Rec. Center, College Street, behind Sheriff’s Department building, 6-10 p.m. Auction – Mountain City, TN, area – Hwy. 421 south of Roan Valley Estates Golf Course and Maymead gravel plant, on left, 7 p.m. (open all year). Also small building beside gravel plant, same days, hours (newer things). Live music in the pavilion at Trade Mill Park (6 pm) in season Watauga Farmers Market at Horn of the West, Boone, NC, 8-noon, beginning in May. Runs through September. Flowers, plants, baked goods, fruits and vegetables, hand crafted items. Next to Daniel Boone Gardens (may be toured). Mountain Music Jamboree at Burgess Barn in Laurel Springs, NC, 7-11, 800-233-1505 Foscoe Flea Market - Hidden Valley Antique Mall, Foscoe, NC, 828-963-7450 Weekend Flea Markets - Elizabethton, TN, just 30 miles from the inn. Saturdays. Butterfly and Birding Trips, rural hay rides, by appointment, Shady Grove Gardens, Vilas, NC 828-297-4098 www.shady-grove-gardens.com Mountain Jam at the Johnson County/Mountain City Rec. Center, College Street, behind Sheriff’s Department building, Fridays from 6-10 p.m.
Auction House – Mountain City, TN, area – Hwy. 421 south of RedTail Mountain Golf Course and Maymead gravel plant, on left, Fridays at 7 p.m. (open all year). Also small building beside gravel plant, same days, hours (newer things). - Always phone ahead. Inn is not responsible for vendor changes in schedules.
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Great Things to Do Near Prospect Hill In NE Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and High Country/Boone, NC
Appalachian Trail | Birding | Biking | Boating |Boone/Banner Elk/Blowing Rock, NC |Cherokee National Forest | Christmas Trees & Holidays |Elopements & Weddings | Festivals | Fishing | Fossils | Grandfather Mountain | Golf | History |Horseback Riding |Massages | Motorcycling | Mountain scenery | NASCAR at Bristol | Trade Mill/Historic |Retirement real estate | Shopping | Theater & Regional Entertainment |Virginia Creeper Trail | Watauga Lake | Whitewater | Wildflowers and Plant Nurseries | Wineries | Winter sports/Skiing | Weddings in Tennessee | Waterfalls | Wildflowers A great selection of activities in three states. Use our list below to help plan your vacation, getaway, anniversary trip or honeymoon (even your wedding).
Birding Trips with Adventure — Damascus, VA — 888-595-2453 Call for details. Biking & The Virginia Creeper Trail Trail info: for a great place to rent bikes, ride/coast downhill and see great scenery and then some. INFO
Adventure Damascus Bicycles SunDog Outfitter
The nearby (1/4 mile) Striped Snake is an incredible over-mountain ride. And there are nearly a dozen fabulous rides in our region. Check out the Johnson City Chamber's site (NOT to be confused with the Johnson COUNTY Chamber which serves Mountain City directly). Ride The Snake road, Route labeled #1. Appalachian Angling Adventures - Owned and operated by Thomas Moore, a native of East Tennessee and a resident of Kingsport, you will be guided by an accomplished fly fisherman with over 20 years of experience. This region's rivers and lakes have been his passion for the past 13 years. Thomas has spent countless hours studying and getting to know the area waters so he can help anglers of various skill levels catch quality fish! Contact him directly to set up your schedule while using Prospect Hill as your home base (many prime waters are a drive of 20 minutes or just a little more. 423-323-9454 or 423-967-4053 appalachiananglingadventures@embarqmail.com Foscoe Fishing Company & Outfitters — Half and full day wade trips and full day float trips. Picture yourself standing mid-stream watching a fish softly sipping from the surface.... Troutfishers Guide Service, (423) 360-1468, fishwithrandy@embarqmail.com
Boating/Tours Wilbur and Watauga Reservoirs are located almost three miles from each other on the Watauga River in some of the most beautiful country in the Tennessee River watershed. The reservoirs are surrounded by the Cherokee National Forest and flanked by the Appalachian Mountains. Even in the dog days of summer, Wilbur and Watauga remain cool, with a constant breeze blowing through the Watauga River gorge.
Fish Springs Marina — 191 Fish Springs Road, Hampton, TN — 423-768-2336 Lakeshore Marina — 2285 Highway 321, Hampton, TN — 423-725-2223 On Watauga Lake, 22 mi. from inn. Hourly and day rates, pontoon and ski boats. Always book ahead for weekends. Watauga Lake Tours — 423-768-2548
Sunrise/Sunflower Festival: Usually in July in Mountain City. Mountain City's Pumpkin Festival - usually 2nd weekend in October (Oct. 15-17, 2009), along with Wooly Worm Festival (and racing) in Banner Elk, NC. Cranberry Festival, Shady Valley, Johnson County, TN -
October 9 & 10, 2009:
Friday 5-10 pm Bean Supper and Auction at Shady Valley Elementary School, Hwy. 133, The Cranberry Festival has been called the "Best Little Festival in Tennessee." Second weekend in October. On Saturday it is an all day event starting with a parade featuring the Pride of Johnson County Band, floats, clowns,and horses.The day long festivities at the school grounds include live country, gospel and bluegrass music; great festival food, local crafts, children's activities. Our autumn leaves and mountains make a beautiful setting for this festival which raises money for the WPA-era stone school (open for tour) and a scholarship fund. jcwc@highcountryonline.net
Boone, Blowing Rock and Banner Elk, NC
Ente Home of Appalachian State University, Boone hosts the Appalachian Summer Festival as well as championship sports teams. West King Street is home to Mast General Store (yes, you can find that candy you loved as a child in their huge candy shop!). Across the street are superior fine arts galleries, antique stores and shops of all kinds. Similarly, the towns of Blowing Rock and Banner Elk offer a wide selection of shops and restaurants. Prospect Hill's Day in North Carolina includes a visit to the original Mast General Store in Valle Cruces, NC, a stop at Grandfather Mountain, a ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway, shopping for fine crafts at the Moses Cone Mansion and dinner in Blowing Rock. At over a mile high, you can see nearly to Charlotte. The mile-high
Golf
Pet Care / Pets Welcome Your pet is welcome at our Cottage in the Woods; only service animals may stay at the inn. Doggie day care is available in Damascus, Va (useful while you ride the Virginia Creeper Trail). Contact info@appletreebnb.com 276-475-5261 . Staying at the inn in Mountain City? Valley View Kennels nearby offers boarding and day care facilities for dogs and cats. Kandy Clark has a climate-controlled facility with indoor and outdoor runs. Open 7 days. 423-727-7479.
Hiking As a very rural county, Johnson County surrounding Mountain City offers a wide selection of hiking trails as identified and mapped for you by the Johnson County Trails Committee. (map and trail info) Rogers Ridge Trail Mountain City, TN (Hiking) It's beautiful around every corner! All the innkeepers to suggest wonderful, seasonal selections for hikes, drives and views. Amost every creek or river has a waterfall of some sort. Our private 45 acres in Pandora on Hwy.67 have--as part of the property--the falls where tom dooley was arrested (the start of what became his last days before justice was done). It's a very small waterfall. Elsewhere: the falls in the Cherokee National Forest at Backbone Rock, Hwy.133, southwest of Damascus, VA or NE of Shady Valley, TN. $2. Length of trail: 1 mile Gentry Creek Falls, off hwy. 91, north of Mountain City and sotuh of Damascus, VA Iron Mountain Trail which adjoins our Cottage in the Woods. Linville Falls, off the Blue Ridge Parkway, south of Grandfather Mountain Other waterfalls in NC We are within 10 miles of the northwest corner of North Carolia Southwest Virginia LINK is a photo album of waterfalls in the vicinity of Abingdon, VA.
Roan Mountain State Park in Roan Mountain, TN - 1015 Hwy 143 Roan Mountain grows the largest natural display of Catawba rhododendron in the world. Beautiful any season of the year, the gardens come into full bloom in mid-June. First you visit the Tennessee state park for Roan Mountain then you go on up to the top, which is in North Carolia. We are 1 hour from this park; Asheville is 2 hours. Good website, though: LINK Appalachian Trail
Other Activities Massage BodyMind Dynamics-Therapeutic Massage by Michael Kopacka www.bodyminddynamics.com 423-727-6803 michael@bodyminddynamics.com. Just a short 2 miles from the inn at 2820 Hwy. 67 West, Mountain City. Please call ahead. Simultaneous couples massages available. Therapeutic Massage Rachel's Therapeutic Massage, 6262 Hwy. 91, Laurel Bloomery. Please call ahead 423-727-4288 Abgingdon, VA only 40 minutes away Trade Mill/Trade Days Festival - new grain mill run by water is now open most days. About 2 miles from the NC/TN line on Hwy. 421. Trade Mill Stretching across Doe River, Elizabethton's Covered Bridge is one of two such bridges in Tennessee. Built in 1882, it is believed to be the oldest such bridge still in use by pedestrians. It spans the river for 134 feet, resting on earth and limestone abutments. Colonel Thomas Matson, who had engineered the elevated railroad tracks in New York City, designed the bridge and served as construction chief. The original structure was made entirely of wood; mainly mountain oak and white pine beams that were hauled down the steep slopes of the mountains by draft horses and mules, weatherboard of mountain poplar, and chestnut shingles cleaved by mallet. Hand forged steel spikes and hand threaded bolts fastened together the massive pieces of oak flooring. Termed an "engineering feat" and listed in the Historic Engineering Record, the Covered Bridge survived numerous floods, including the great flood of 1901, which destroyed all the other bridges in the county that crossed the Doe River. Elizabethton. Covered Bridge Celebration (festival) - Mid-June, annually.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area and Park
Today, Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is used as a backdrop for one of Tennessee's longest running outdoor dramas "Liberty: The Saga of Sycamore Shoals," in it's 30th year - 2008 www.sycamoreshoals.org which runs each July. The Wataugans and Indians (above)
Holiday Outings — Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
What Fir! - between Mountain City and Boone. Free cider; watch wreath making, specialty items. Pre-Holiday Getaways - Prospect Hill is open all holidays. Horseback Riding Dutch Valley Stables — 4365 Hwy. 194 South, Valle Crucis, NC — 828-963-5399 http://www.dutchcreektrails.com Trail rides, instructions, carriage rides. Quilt trail - huge, colorful quilts (paint instead of fabric-) are attached to historically significant buildings throughout the region. To see the "trail" through Johnson County select QUILTS
Speedway in Lights Race Driving Training Racing Realities — 401-333-8500
Retire to the Mountains This is a great place for a second home or retirement relocation Prudential Mountain Properties is there to help. Benchmark Realty Mountain City.
Shopping
Four ski slopes in nearby North Carolina to choose from. North Carolina Skiing White Water and Canoeing Theatre Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA Live performance theater, state theater of Virginia. Wildflowers North Carolina Wineries (more to be added by Oct. 1st) Surry County, NC Yadkin County, NC
Gray Fossil Site - Most Significant North American Finds, New Discoveries Often It features colorful interactive exhibits, beautiful murals, and dioramas featuring examples of discoveries from the ancient dig discovered in the year 2000. Tennessee state road crews discovered a five-acre site containing the fossilized remains of an entire ecosystem of plants and animals from the late Miocene period. With less than one percent of the site excavated to date,thousands of specimens have been recovered, including such large mammal species as the saber-toothed cat, short-faced bear, ground sloth, rhino, camel, shovel-tusked elephant, horse, red panda, Eurasian badger and the world’s largest collection of fossil tapirs. Other discoveries include numerous smaller mammals, as well as birds, reptiles, alligators, fish and amphibians. The museum is located on State Route 75, about two miles west of the I-26 Gray Exit 13 (old Exit 42). The facility is open daily from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Last tour of dig starts by 4 pm. 866-202-6223, www.grayfossilmuseum.org
Well over 50% of Johnson County, TN, (where Mountain City and Prospect Hill are located) is part of the Cherokee National Forest. while the Smoky Mountains are the most famous park-within-a-park, the Cherokee includes some of the most rural parts of the Appalachian Trail, an astoundingly beautiful bunch of scenery and a multitude of outdoor activities from mountain top to lakeside.
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