Tipton Haynes State Historic Site Johnson City Tennessee

The outbuildings include a smokehouse, pigsty, loom house, still house, springhouse and the large log barn and corncrib from the Tipton period. In addition, there is the home of George Haynes, a slave with the Haynes family. Col. John Tipton is buried in the site's cemetery. The historic physical features are the Buffalo Trail that later became the Jonesborough, Tennessee - Morganton, North Carolina Stage Road, the cave where tradition says that Daniel Boone camped. Various gardens surround the historic buildings.

The Tipton-Haynes Visitors Center & Museum has been the meeting and departure point of Appalachian GhostWalks' "Haunted Historic Tipton-Haynes GhostWalk" for many years. The tour elaborates on the history and mystery of this important location in Tennessee History. The guide is a blood relative of Col John Tipton who hand-hewd the logs of main cabin still standing today! Afternoon tours are presented daily and/or nightly, year-round. Reservations are required so call (423) 743-WALK (9255) for reservations by telephone, or RESERVE NOW ONLINE. You'll have a simply SPOOK-tacular good time!!!

All visitors are greeted in the Tipton-Haynes Museum and Education Center. The museum houses the permanent and temporary exhibit areas, education and reception space, a museum shop, and a library and archives that relate to the early history of Tennessee, as well as the Tipton and Haynes families. All are wheelchair accessible.