Discover Sequatchie County

Sequatchie County combines impressive landscapes with local traditions and a wide range of experiences around Dunlap. Families can combine active days on walking trails and on the water with visits to markets, historical traces, and special excursions into the landscape. When choosing a vacation rental or vacation home, it is therefore worthwhile to decide on your preferred focus early on: Should Dunlap, with its trails, events, and markets, be at the center of your stay, or are you primarily drawn to the nature of Sequatchie Valley?

Dunlap: Walking Trails, Bridge, and Local History

The Coops Creek Greenway in Dunlap offers walking trails, fishing spots, picnic areas, and playgrounds. The Greenway can be walked from Harris Park in central Dunlap to the Sequatchie County Schools. This allows you to shape your stay in different ways: You can combine part of the trail with a picnic, spend time by the water, or interrupt your walk with a break for children. The playgrounds mentioned are just as much part of the area’s amenities as the fishing and picnic areas.

A distinctive feature is the covered bridge on an old railroad viaduct. It connects Coops Creek Commons with the Coops Creek Greenway and crosses Coops Creek. Coops Creek Commons is a site of more than 17 hectares in central Dunlap. These places give your stay a clear local connection without requiring you to commit to a single activity. The Dunlap Mercantile is a historical addition: It is the oldest building in Dunlap and was built in 1894.

Markets, Crafts, and Special Dates

The Dunlap Farmers Market takes place weekly from April to October on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Central Time at the Jeff Johnson Pavilion in Harris Park in Dunlap. Vendors offer locally grown seasonal fruits and vegetables, locally produced meat, fresh eggs, and prepared foods from local bakers and chefs. For travelers who want to plan independently while staying in a vacation rental, the market provides specific regional products for their stay. Local artisans also showcase woodwork, handmade goat’s milk soap, candles, unique artworks, custom sewing, and hand-dyed fabrics.

Another regular event is the BTC Fiber Valley Fest. It takes place at Coops Creek Commons on the first weekend of May each year. Those who plan their trip around this date can experience Dunlap with a special cultural focus. The World’s Longest Yard Sale also shapes the region’s identity: Sequatchie County is part of this event along the Highway 127 Corridor, which runs from Gadsden in Alabama to Addison in Michigan.

River Landscapes and Nature Experiences

The Sequatchie River runs 116 miles through Sequatchie Valley before flowing into the Tennessee River near Jasper. The Sequatchie River Blueway is a water-based recreational route used by kayaks, canoes, and stand-up paddleboards, or SUPs for short. This allows you to choose between walks on land and activities on the water when planning your trip.

Savage Gulf is a 15,590-acre natural area in Grundy County and Sequatchie County. There are also landscape experiences with different starting points: Tandem flights with Flying Camp take off from a mountain airstrip and land on flat grassy areas in farm fields in the valley. Wheeler’s Orchard & Vineyard is located on Fredonia Mountain on the Cumberland Plateau and covers 200 acres of gently rolling mountain terrain.

The Right Accommodation for Your Travel Plans

If you are primarily planning to visit the Greenway, Harris Park, Farmers Market, Coops Creek Commons, and the Dunlap Mercantile, you can focus your accommodation search on Dunlap. If river landscapes, the Blueway, Savage Gulf, or experiences in the mountain landscape are the main focus, the location of your vacation rental should suit this desired daily itinerary. A blanket classification would not do justice to the different possibilities: What matters is whether your trip should be shaped primarily by local culture, movement, water, or landscapes.

As a direct starting point for further information about the area, Dunlap is a good option. You can find further destinations in the same broader context under Knox, Hawkins County, Marion County, Shelby, Polk County, Gibson, and Jefferson County.

For the broader travel overview: Tennessee.