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Robert, innkeeper, explains the house’s history and shows photos which are more than 100 years old.
Prospect Hill is located in the far northeast corner of Tennessee, first settled in the 1790s, is rich with history.
- Johnson County Museum in the Johnson County-Mountain City Welcome Center, Hwy 421, Mountain City, TN 423-727-5800
- Butler Museum – 123 Selma Curtis Rd., Butler, TN 423-768-3880 – Artifacts from the town “drowned” by nearby Watauga Lake in 1948.
- Historic Jonesborough (Tennessee’s oldest town) -shops,history, storytelling, great lunches and dinners. About 1 our 20 min. away.
- Grey Fossil Site – One of the most important fossil finds in North America–just one hour away. Open aily. Be sure to pay the extra fee to go look in the dig site and actually touch some of the finds.
- Small church frescoes, - Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Jefferson NC, , St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, West Jefferson, NC, about 50 minutes away (scenic drive).
- Revolutionary War history – Sycamore Shoals Fort and historic site.
- State of Franklin governor’s house at Rocky Mount.
- Watauga Lake & Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) lake. See link to boating information in the drop down menu above.
- Quilt Trail – crazy quilt patch coming soon to one of the inn’s outbuildings
Marina on Watauga Lake with view all the way to North Carolina
