Upcoming Events
From music festivals, racing, history, heritage, food and everything in between. Here's your guide.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park
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OVTA Watauga River Crossing
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesOVTA Watauga River Crossing Thursday, September 25 2:00 PM (approximate time) Cost: Free Members of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association have recreated the historic march to King’s Mountain since 1975. On September 25, marchers will cross the Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals, just as the Overmountain militia crossed 245 years ago. Event is dependent on
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Campaign to Kings Mountain Lanternlight Tour
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesCampaign to Kings Mountain Lanternlight Tour* Thursday, September 25 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Cost: $10.00 Max participants: 15 Registration required - www.tnstateparks.com/parks/events/sycamore-shoals Experience a unique guided lantern light walk on the anniversary of the historic river crossing of the Overmountain Men! Join Ranger Jason Davis for this special lantern light interpretive walk through Fort
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Carter Mansion Guided Tours
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesCarter Mansion Guided Tours September 4, 6, 12, 18, 26 & 28 1:30 PM Cost: $10 Adult $8 Seniors 65+ $8 Veterans & Active Military $5 Ages 17 & Under Registration required - www.tnstateparks.com/parks/events/sycamore-shoals Take a guided tour of Tennessee’s oldest frame house and enjoy the beauty of this elegant frontier home built by Colonel
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Colonial Tavern Night
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesColonial Tavern Night Friday, September 26 7:00 PM Cost: $20 Max participants: 8 Registration required - www.tnstateparks.com/parks/events/sycamore-shoals Step into an 18th Century tavern with Park Ranger Taylor Moorefield to enjoy candlelit games, historic drinks (non- alcoholic!), fiddle music, and stories as told in frontier taverns. Learn why the tavern was a crucial component of the
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TN Serves and National Public Lands Day Volunteer Workday 2025
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesTN Serves and National Public Lands Day Volunteer Workday 2025* Saturday, September 27 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Cost: Free Registration required - www.tnstateparks.com/parks/events/sycamore-shoals As a way to recognize NPLD and participate in the TN Serves initiative, help the staff of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park with maintaining the Patriot’s Path Walking Trail. Volunteers will
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TN Serves and National Public Lands Day Volunteer Workday
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesTN Serves and National Public Lands Day Volunteer Workday 2025* Saturday, September 27 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Cost: Free Registration required - www.tnstateparks.com/parks/events/sycamore-shoals As a way to recognize NPLD and participate in the TN Serves initiative, help the staff of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park with maintaining the Patriot’s Path Walking Trail. Volunteers will
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Sabine Hill Guided Tours
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesSabine Hill Guided Tours September 5, 7, 11, 13, 19 & 27 1:30 PM Cost: $10 Adult $8 Seniors 65+ $8 Veterans & Active Military $5 Ages 17 & Under Registration required - www.tnstateparks.com/parks/events/sycamore-shoals Enjoy a guided tour of this stately home built by Mary Patton Taylor, widow of Brigadier General Nathaniel Taylor. The site
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Games of the 18 th Century
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesSaturday, September 27 3:30 AM – 4:00 PM Cost: Free Unplug and join Ranger Jason Davis for a half hour of fun in the fort! Life on the frontier 250 years ago required plenty of hard work but there was also time for games. Enjoy learning how 18 th century games evolved from ordinary objects
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Carter Mansion Guided Tours
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesCarter Mansion Guided Tours September 4, 6, 12, 18, 26 & 28 1:30 PM Cost: $10 Adult $8 Seniors 65+ $8 Veterans & Active Military $5 Ages 17 & Under Registration required - www.tnstateparks.com/parks/events/sycamore-shoals Take a guided tour of Tennessee’s oldest frame house and enjoy the beauty of this elegant frontier home built by Colonel
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Overmountain Muster at Sycamore Shoals
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesOvermountain Muster at Sycamore Shoals Saturday, September 20 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday, September 21 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Cost: Free Experience the incredible story of the Overmountain Men and their historic gathering at Sycamore Shoals prior to the Battle of Kings Mountain in the fall of 1780. Join numerous living history demonstrators,


