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Ranked 6th in in land area and 18th fastest growing county in The Knoxville the State of Tennessee, Monroe County offers a wide array of beautiful sights as well as great opportunity. Blessed with many beautiful rivers, region is a community mountains, valleys, streams and lakes you can travel the National of festivals, with each Scenic Byway, the Cherohala Skyway. This beautiful mountainous drive season having its will take you through the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests, all own events the way from Tellico Plains, Tennessee to Robinsville, . You can also camp, hike, picnic or swim along the way. Dogwood Arts Festival American Indian Celebration Powwow Boomsday The Knoxville Regional Farmer’s Market Christmas in the City Earth Fest Farmer’s markets and garden sales Foothills Craft Guild Fall Show Greekfest Grainger County Tomato Festival Loudon County, Tennessee’s 7th fastest growing community with Hola Festival its numerous waterways and scenic beauty, partner beautifully with Holston River Festival the area’s heritage and culture to provide exceptional quality of life. Access to labor pools both within and surrounding the county, a Multiple music festivals, including diverse mix of commercial, service and industrial entities, combined Valley Bluegrass Music with cooperative governments provide a positive economic climate Festival, Sundown in the City, and for business. Symphony in the Park Ragin’ Cajun Cookout Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Rummage Sale River Rescue Rossini Festival Smoky Mountain Harvest Festival Smoky Mountain Shakespeare Festival Fair Tulip Festival

WaterFest R E G I O N S P O T L I G H T Loudon County’s numerous waterways and scenic beauty, combined with the area’s heritage and culture to provide exceptional quality of life for its residents Lifestyle

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Outdoor Dollywood Recreation Cherokee Indian Reservation Opportunities in East Kentucky Derby Tennessee Museum of Appalachia Major League Baseball Tellico is surrounded by TVA’s Great Lakes of the South. Tellico Tennessee Aquarium Lake and six other nearby lakes have a total surface area of more than 170,000 acres or 265 square miles. NFL Football

Tellico is an hour’s drive from the , the Premier hang gliding nation’s most visited national park, containing 500,000 acres of the most magnificent wilderness in the eastern United States. Major College Sporting Events More than 800 miles of hiking trails. Developed and primitive Short-line Railroad Excursions campgrounds open year-round. Ice Hockey has over 600,000 acres in ten Counties, open every day for hiking, camping, hunting, Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum and fishing. Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area contains eighty miles of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River flowing Year-Round through 105,000 acres of protected wild lands in east Tennessee and south Kentucky. Whitewater Rafting, Canoeing & Kayaking Ober Gatlinburg has excellent facilities for winter skiing. Summer skiing is available on the world’s largest artificial NASCAR Racing ski surface. The world’s largest aerial tramway connects Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gatlinburg and Ober Gatlinburg. Cherokee National Forest, Nantuhala Whitewater rafting, canoeing and kayaking are available on National Forest and Charrahoochee the Big Pigeon, Ocoee, Hiwassee, Nolichucky and Chattanooga National Forest Rivers. Obed National Wild and Scenic River provides some of the finest, most technical whitewater in the nation for canoeing 170,000 Acres of TVA Lakes and kayaking. The 1996 Olympic Kayaking Course was on the Big South Fork National River & Ocoee River. Recreation Areas

Several large underground caverns offer guided tours and many Endless opportunities for hiking, caves in the area are available for informal exploration. camping, fishing, hunting, golfing and Sixteen state parks in East Tennessee provide fishing, swimming, nature trails boating, hiking trails, biking trails, camping, lodging, tennis, and backpacking. R E G I O N S P O T L I G H T Often referred to as the Great Lakes of the South, the area boasts world-renown lakes and mountain views