Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center
Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center is a tourism office in Carter, Tennessee. Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center is situated nearby to the museum Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit, as well as near Fort Watauga.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: 8:00 AM—4:30 PM
- Type: Tourism office
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Watauga and Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area.
Fort Watauga
Fort
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Fort Watauga, also known as Fort Caswell, was a fortification located in the Watauga River's Sycamore Shoals near modern-day Elizabethton, Tennessee. It was constructed from 1775 to 1776 by the Watauga Association, a semi-autonomous government founded by American settlers living near the river, to defend the settlers against attacks from British-allied Indians. Fort Watauga is situated 390 feet west of Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area
Park
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a state park located in Elizabethton, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The park consists of 70 acres situated along the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, a National Historic Landmark where a series of events critical to the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the settlement of the Trans-Appalachian frontier in general, took place.
Bonnie Kate Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Nathandyer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bonnie Kate Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 2 miles east of Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Big Spring and Elizabethton.
Big Spring
Hamlet
Big Spring is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. Big Spring is situated 2 miles south of Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center.
Elizabethton
Elizabethton is a city of 13,5000 people in Eastern Tennessee. Elizabethton is the historical site of the first independent American government west of the Eastern Continental Divide and of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Central
Village
Central is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,717 at the 2000 census and 2,279 at the 2010 census. Central is situated 2½ miles southwest of Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center.
Sycamore Shoals State Park Visitor Center
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Carter, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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-82.25282° or 82° 15′ 10″ westOpen location code
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