Welcome to Cleveland, Tennessee …Your Gateway to the Ocoee Region
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Welcome to Cleveland, Tennessee …your gateway to the Ocoee Region. Whether you’re cruising in a vintage car, like TABLE OF CONTENTS Attractions/Adventure ..........................................................................2 this awesome 1941 Buick convertible, or your Attractions/Cherokee Heritage...................................................................4 Attractions/Civil War ............................................................................6 family SUV, visit us and find your adventure! Attractions/Farm Fun ..................................................................................8 However you roll, we hope you will make Attractions/Religious Heritage..................................................................10 Outfitters ............................................................................................12 Bradley County – Cleveland and Charleston, Recreation .......................................................................................... 14 Tennessee – part of your travel plans. Enjoy Area Map ............................................................................................ 16 Lodging ..............................................................................................18 nature’s playground in the Cherokee National Dining .................................................................................................20 Forest, the Ocoee and Hiwassee rivers, charming Shopping ............................................................................................22 Events .................................................................................................24 downtowns and nearby urban life. Make Arts & Culture .............................................................................................26 Tennessee Trails .................................................................................28 Cleveland your headquarters while visiting General Information ..........................................................................30 Southeast Tennessee and “let’s adventure, y’all!” Photo credits include James Cocks, Brent Templeton, Jonathan Smith, Tennessee Photographic Services. Special thanks to Kevin and Kim Brooks, Jeff Cocks, Lonnie Setlich, Dr. Carroll Van West, Dewey Woody. Cleveland/Bradley Tourism Development 225 Keith St SW • PO Box 2275 Cleveland TN 37320-2275 423-472-6587 • Toll Free: 1-800-472-6588 VisitClevelandTN.com TNVACATION.COM © 2019 Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce. All Rights Reserved. TOWN ADVENTURES Paint Cup Creative Studio 4675 N Lee Highway, Suite 3 AR Workshop® ThePaintCup.com all! ’ 125 Inman St E, Suite 101 Solo and group creative enthusiasts can allow y (423) 584-6212 their artistic interests to flourish. Bring a ARWorkshop.com favorite beverage and relax as a local artist Boutique DIY studio offering hands-on guides you to create your own masterpiece. classes for creating custom home decor from Experience an exciting paint and sip, creative raw materials. An instructor helps you make night with friends, or come to make new ones. custom wood & framed signs, canvas pillows, lazy susans, centerpiece boxes, tote bags, and Solve and Split Escape Room more! Available for private parties/events. 4675 N Lee Highway, Suite 3 adventure, (423) 284-0401 Hiwassee River Heritage Center SolveAndSplit.com s ’ 8746 Hiwassee St, Charleston Owner has played escape games all over the 423-665-3373 et USA to ensure he gives his customers the L HiwasseeHeritage.com best possible experience. Players find clues Discover a compelling, nationally significant and solve puzzles that will lead to eventually story. The banks of the Hiwassee River were completing the final objective in the game. witness to dramatic and tragic history Each escape game has its own theme with including the military operations of the meticulously crafted puzzles, challenges Trail of Tears and significant Civil War and objectives. Solve before time runs out strategy. These stories and more are and conquered the best escape room in detailed at the center. Cleveland, TN. Greenway of Walking Tour of Historic Cleveland/Bradley County Downtown Cleveland 423-728-7105 Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce CBCGreenway.com 225 Keith St SW ATTRACTIONS 423-472-6587 The paved linear corridor ribbons alongside VisitClevelandTN.com Reeling in a few fish in Charleston on the Hiwassee River. Mouse Creek and provides a beautiful path for walkers, joggers, bicyclists and skaters. This walking tour allows you to experience The Greenway is being completed by phases Cleveland’s unique history. Sites along the and is still under development. Currently, tour include Craigmiles Opera House where Take a wild ride on the whitewater rapids of the Ocoee River or a chilled-out float on the Hiwassee! it stretches from Cleveland’s Historic John Phillip Sousa introduced his march Hike to incredible mountaintop views or just relax with a great day of fishing! These adventures and Downtown to beyond Home Depot. The Diplomat; Café Roma, fine dining in a MOUNTAIN Cherohala Skyway See the Greenway website for a map and historic building that once housed the local more await you in and around Cleveland, Tennessee. ADVENTURES Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce more information. newspaper; and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 225 Keith St SW • 423-472-6587 a Gothic Revival structure rich in local Cherokee National Forest USDA Johnston Woods Bike Trails folklore. The self-guided tour brochure is RIVER ADVENTURES native garden, explore exhibits or watch a race. The Hiwassee River is the first designated Tennessee River Cherohala.com Forest Service 298 Brymer Creek Rd • 423-476-5586 available at the Chamber. The center was the site of the 1996 Olympic State Scenic River in Tennessee. The river Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce This beautiful 48-mile driving tour crosses 2800 Ocoee St • 423-476-9700 JohnstonWoods.org Ocoee River Slalom Canoe/Kayak Competition. Fully offers a wide variety of outdoor recreational 225 Keith St SW • 423-472-6587 through the Cherokee and Nantahala fs.usda.gov/cherokee REGIONAL FUN Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce handicap accessible. Day use parking and special opportunities such as canoeing, fishing, VisitClevelandTN.com National Forests connecting Tellico Plains This multi-use trail system is designed 225 Keith St SW • 423-472-6587 events may require a fee. hiking and nature photography in the The Tennessee River is formed at the With 625,000 acres of unspoiled natural in Southeast Tennessee to Robbinsville, mainly for mountain biking on the 380-acre Chattanooga Lookouts VisitClevelandTN.com northeastern section and skiing, boating confluence of the Holston and French beauty, the Cherokee National Forest NC. Incredible mountain views change Johnston Woods Retreat Center property. AT&T Park Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River offers exciting and relaxing recreational with every season. You’ll want to visit Located in the Cherokee National Forest in State Park and paddling in Charleston (North Broad rivers just east of Knoxville. The The trail is currently 4.5 miles with plans for 201 Power Alley, Chattanooga neighboring Polk County, the Ocoee River opportunities. Activities enjoyed by millions again and again. A brochure is available 423-267-2208 423-263-0050 • TNStateParks.com/parks/ Bradley County). Numerous public access largest tributary of the Ohio River, it further development. offers various skill levels of kayaking, canoeing sites provide boat-launching ramps. Picnic each year are camping, hiking, picnicking, at the Chamber. about/Hiwassee-Ocoee meets the Hiwassee near Bradley County. Museum Center at 5ive Points Lookouts.com and whitewater rafting. The Ocoee River’s areas, sanitary facilities and primitive hunting, fishing, swimming and boating on Great for boating, fishing, water sports Ocoee Horseride 200 East Inman St • 423-339-5745 Double A team of the Minnesota Twins and Class III and IV rapids make it the most This Tennessee State Park offers rafting, camping are also available. Parksville Lake. The forest’s Ocoee Scenic and viewing wildlife, the Tennessee has 515 Old Bacon Rd, Charleston MuseumCenter.org charter member of the Southern League. popular whitewater river in the nation and tubing, fishing, biking, camping, picnicking Byway, the first scenic byway designated been referred to as the Cherokee River, 423-432-2376 • OcoeeHorseride.com Open Tuesday-Friday, 10 am - 5 pm; Scheduled play in AT&T Park is from April site of the 1996 Olympic whitewater events. To and hiking. Internationally-recognized Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge - in the nation, winds along Parksville Sandhill Crane Viewing but the Cherokee called it “Tanasi,” which Saturday, 10 am - 3 pm. through September with playoffs after book a rafting trip on America’s Olympic River, whitewater sites, the Ocoee and Hiwassee Lake and the Ocoee River. Mountaintops Ride the hills of Tennessee on one of TNWatchableWildlife.org is the origin of our state name. regular season. Handicap accessible. contact a Chamber-member outfitter listed on rivers, are well known for their scenic beauty overlooking the Chilhowee recreational 12 friendly, majestic horses of various Experience Southern Appalachian regional page 12 or search for outfitters on our website. and recreational adventures. A portion of the During winter migration, thousands Conasauga River area offer breathtaking scenes. In autumn, breeds. This privately-owned ranch offers history from pre-Cherokee until today, Dollywood