Activities
Check out just some of the fun activities you can do in and around Monroe County.
Bring your swimsuit, hiking gear, hunting gear, fishing poles, mountain bike and especially your camera! If you love the outdoors there is much to do in East Tennessee!
White Water Rafting and Kyaking
Ocoee Whitewater Center is part of the National Forest Service and the former site of Olympic competition. Go online or call 423-338-5201.
WildWater - 800-451-9972.
Cherokee Rafting - 800-451-7238.
Ocoee Outdoors - 800-533-7767.
Nantahala Outdoor Center - 800-232-7238.
Webb Brothers Float Service - 1-877-WEB-RAFT (1-877-932-7238)
Caverns and Caves
Armchair cavers" should start with a guided family tours like The Lost Sea off U.S. 68 near Sweetwater. Its the biggest cave attraction in the area, and listed by Guiness Book of World Records as the largest underground lake in the world. To get there, take Exit 60 off I-75 and follow U.S. 68 south six miles. Or, off State Hwy. 411 take the Sweetwater exit at Madisonville and follow U.S. 68 north four miles. Its open every day except Christmas.
Forbidden Caverns - near Sevierville, TN.
Tuckaleechee Caverns - Townsend, TN.
Cumberland Caverns - McMinnville, TN.
RAPPELLING and mountain climbing are also available in areas of eastern Tennessee for those with claustrophobia and a yen for vertical adventure.
More Cave Information:
NE Georgia Boy Scouts and High Adventure
- Good sites to discover caving activities in Georgia and Tennessee through Scouting.
National Speleogical Society
Flyfishing links
Places of Interest
