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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park
Elizabethton, TN 37643 United States Get Directions
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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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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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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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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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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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The Overmountain Muster
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesMuster of the Overmountain Men brings Revolutionary War to life at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park! The year was 1780, and the American Revolution was now in its fifth year. Charleston had fallen to the British, American forces had crumbled at the battle of Camden, and things were looking very bleak for the cause of
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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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Flint and Steel Fire Starting Demo
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesFlint and Steel Fire Starting Demo Sunday, September 21 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Cost: Free How would you make a fire without the modern conveniences of a lighter or matches? Join Ranger Jason Davis on the back porch of the Visitor Center to discover the fundamental 18th century skill of flint and steel fire
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The Overmountain Muster
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesMuster of the Overmountain Men brings Revolutionary War to life at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park! The year was 1780, and the American Revolution was now in its fifth year. Charleston had fallen to the British, American forces had crumbled at the battle of Camden, and things were looking very bleak for the cause of
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The Overmountain Muster
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN, United StatesMuster of the Overmountain Men brings Revolutionary War to life at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park! The year was 1780, and the American Revolution was now in its fifth year. Charleston had fallen to the British, American forces had crumbled at the battle of Camden, and things were looking very bleak for the cause of
