Cheap Things To Do in Newport, Tennessee

Formerly called White Rock by Tennesseans and Sharp Top by Carolinians, this mountaintop rock outcrop was renamed by the park service after Arno B. Cammerer, former director of the National Park Se... More on Trails

Mount Cammerer provides one of the best views in the Smoky Mountains. More on Trails

Someone has built a miniture city out of stone. The kids love it. Halloween the park has trick-or-treat at the track. All the area businesses go around the ... More on KaBoom.org

A hard-to-find trailhead keeps a lot of hikers off this trail. However, with good directions, its a cinch. From the starting point, head up a wide bed on the Maddron Bald Trail, passing the Willis ... More on Trails

Nice trail but a little too enclosed for comfort. I personally prefer ridg More on Trails

Inscription. Located .2 mi. east on the Big Pigeon River is a strategic crossing used by the Cherokees. In Aug. 1782, Gen. Charles McDowell of Burke Co. North Carolina, raised an army of five hundred mounted militia from Morgan District ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Born in Newport on October 13, 1870, Hooper was a successful Cocke County attorney. He was elected governor and served two terms, 1911-15. His election is attributed to the influence of fusion, the coalition of the prohibition ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Born in a house 500 yards south, he attended W & L University and V. M. I. Enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, August, 1914: incapacitated for infantry service by wounds, May 1915. Transferring to the French Air Force, ... More on HMDB

"Cocke county was named for Gen. William Cocke, a native of Virginia, and an emigrant to Holston. He has been repeatedly mentioned as having participated in the military, civil, legislative and Jud... More on Tngenweb.org

Inscription. Side A Jefferson County, Established 1792: named in honor of, Thomas Jefferson: Secretary of State; formerly member of the Continental Congress; principal author of the Declaration of ... More on HMDB

This is a moderate hike to a great view. Its a wonder its not hiked more. The walk passes through former pioneer lands, long since reforested. Cross a brook trout stream while looking for signs of settlement, then climb a bit to Sutton ... More on Trails

Inscription. This fort, one of only two known remaining blockhouses in Tennessee, was built about 1787 by James Swaggerty for protection from the Indians. Located on land of his Uncle Abraham Swaggerty, it consists of three levels. ... More on HMDB

'Douglas Lake', also called 'Douglas Reservoir', is a reservoir created by an impoundment of the French Broad River in Eastern Tennessee. This lake is located only a few miles from the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area, and also the Great ... More on Wikipedia