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Bay's Mountain Park and Planetarium
Bay's Mountain Observatory and Zoo
Kingsport, Tennessee
853 Bays Mountain Park Road
Kingsport, Tennessee 37660
Packages: (423) 743-9255
| Located in Kingsport, Tennessee, Bays Mountain Park facilities include the 3500 acre outdoor classroom, a 44 acre lake, and a nature center/museum, inside of which is a planetarium with a 40 foot diameter dome. Bays Mountain Park and Planetarium programs are an integral part of the curriculum of local school children, and in recent years the park has assumed regional importance, with students from 33 counties in 5 states currently attending.
Bays Mountain Park and Planetarium is nestled in the northeastern end of the Bays Mountain formation only a few miles from Historic Downtown Kingsport. Framed on all sides by mountain ridges, much of the park lies in a natural basin and is a protected haven for wildlife. Open all year, Bays Mountain beckons visitors to enjoy various activities through all seasons. A leisurely walk in the Spring may reveal over 60 kinds of wildflowers as you hear a distant grouse drumming on a log to call for a mate. Autumn in the southern Appalachians is not to be missed. Maples, sourwoods, and tulip trees come ablaze with color as migrating waterfowl pause on our lake during their southward journey. The quiet snows of winter invite cross country skiers to test their skills on our 25 miles of trails, spotting deer and wild turkey as they go. Truly, Bays Mountain Park, with something for everyone, is a park for all seasons. Click Here to visit the Official Bays Mountain Park and Planetarium and Nature Preserve website... |
COMBINE BAYS MOUNTAIN PARK WITH THE
"Legendary Cherokee Bigfoot Adventure"
Appalachian GhostWalks
Tours and Family Vacations | Appalachian GhostWalks invites you, your family and friends, or tour group to come and explore the mysteries of our mountain heritage. Our family of fourteen different Lantern-led Walking Tours in Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee operate daily and/or nightly throughout Southern Appalachia from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Southwest Virginia Highlands - designated by |
| Congress the "First Western Frontier of the United States". All fourteen different walking tours, as well as our NEW "Mountain Mysteries Bus Tours" TM are designed to be family friendly creating a thrilling adventure for children and adults alike. We operate year-round, but advance reservations are required. Our fully planned Haunted Vacations offer travellers great value, so whether you want to do just one of our ghost, history, and Bigfoot adventure walking tours, or a weekend / week-long | 
Appalachian GhostWalks
Haunted Vacations |
| family vacation with discounts on accommodations, transportation, free airport pick-up and drop-off, and much more - you'll always get the most for your money! Altogether, a great adventure for families and couples. Also, be sure to check out the Reviews area of our website to read about the experiences of our past guests! Finally, you can be sure that all tours feature actual haunted sites where many of our guests have experienced the unknown and the unexplained and where history is brought to life for all ages - great for kids as young as five! Come and experience America's First Western Frontier!!! |
| Come experience and explore America's First Western Frontier with our "Spook and Save" multi-day vacation packages designed to save you money on your next couples getaway, family vacation, or group outing. Choose from one to nine days of fully planned vacation itineraries packed with everything from rafting, to horseback riding, carriage rides, visits to local history museums and real Victorian mansions, |
 | as well as our region's most haunted State historic sites and landmarks... and that's just getting started! We custom design the perfect vacation based on your interests and desires with more than twenty years of experience in the Travel Industry and strive to exceed our guests expectations. Be sure to visit our Customer Feedback page to see what previous guests have said of their visit... |
| All of our confirmed guests receive discounts on their accommodations with any confirmed evening tour, full day, or multi-day vacation package reservation. These include haunted and historic bed and breakfasts, inns, and family hotels with all the amenities. Be sure to visit our Area Accommodations page to view a list of choices available. Then, just let us know which accommodation provider is your preference when you call for tour reservations and we'll take care of all the arrangements... |
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Appalachian GhostWalks strives to present a positive perspective about the afterlife and on each and every tour you'll learn the results of years of professional, experienced scientific investigation and how the real history of our region actually later verified our findings! All of this is set in the historic setting of an area rich with hundreds of years of culture and heritage of Native to early American History. The towns in which we tour are lined with buildings that pre-date the Civil War and look like a scene from an old western movie set! You and your travel companions will tour very active and haunted East Tennessee
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Tours along Tennessee's two oldest wagon / stage roads! |
| properties lining the path of all lantern-led ghost and history tours while your guide points out photo opportunities where you can and probably will go home with some very interesting photographs - so don't forget to bring a camera! Our tours bring the Cherokee, Frontier, Revolutionary and Civil War history of our mountains to life for all ages. Each guide is a highly trained and certified ghost hunter who will present a positive and realistic blend of science, real history, and true ghost stories which, in the words of our past guests, is... "Humor and History, Emotion and Education... Absolutely Entertaining, Edifying, and Enchanting!" |
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