Tennessee & Kentucky · A day worth getting out for.

Out of Nashville.
Into the hills.

Drive the Natchez Trace to Franklin’s battlefield homes, tour the distilleries around Lynchburg, look down on Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain, chase the waterfalls of the Upper Cumberland or go underground at Mammoth Cave. We’ve put the stops, routes and practical details together so your day out of Nashville is easier to plan.

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A Civil War cannon on a rocky ledge at Point Park in fall, with orange leaves and bare branches framing the Tennessee River curving around Moccasin Bend and the hazy city of Chattanooga below
THE TENNESSEE & KENTUCKY COLLECTIONWaterfalls. Whiskey. Battlefields.Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
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The white concrete Double Arch Bridge carrying the Natchez Trace Parkway high over a green, wooded hollow, framed by leafy branchesScenic drive & Civil War history
Nashville → Loveless Cafe → Double Arch Bridge & the Trace → Leiper's Fork → Carnton → Carter House → Main Street Franklin

Franklin & the Natchez Trace

A day south of Nashville: biscuits at the Loveless Cafe, the Double Arch Bridge and the quiet north end of the Natchez Trace Parkway, lunch in the village of Leiper's Fork, then the Battle of Franklin at Carnton and the Carter House, ending with an evening on Franklin's Main Street.

10–11 hour day·About 2–2½ hours of driving in total, about half of it on two-lane roads and the 40–50 mph Trace
Best: All year; best April–May and mid-October to mid-November
$4 USD
A long, pale corrugated-metal barrel house among bare trees beside a shallow creek and green lawn at the Jack Daniel Distillery in LynchburgFood & drink
Nashville → George Dickel (Cascade Hollow) → Jack Daniel Distillery → Miss Mary Bobo's → Lynchburg Square → Tims Ford State Park

Lynchburg & Tennessee Whiskey

A designated-driver day from Nashville into Tennessee whiskey country: a quiet hollow at George Dickel, the Jack Daniel Distillery, where Nearest Green's role is now part of the story, a family-style lunch on a dry-county square, and a sober lakeside walk at Tims Ford State Park before the drive home.

10–11 hour day·About 4 hours of driving in all on two-lane country roads and I-24
Best: All year; best April–May and September–October
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A Civil War cannon on a rocky ledge at Point Park in fall, with orange leaves and bare branches framing the Tennessee River curving around Moccasin Bend and the hazy city of Chattanooga belowScenic drive & history
Nashville → Ruby Falls → St. Elmo & the Incline → Point Park → Walnut Street Bridge → Bluff View

Chattanooga & Lookout Mountain

A long day from Nashville to Chattanooga: the underground waterfall at Ruby Falls, a ride up one of the steepest passenger railways in the world to the Civil War overlooks of Point Park, then an evening walk across the restored Walnut Street Bridge to Coolidge Park and the Bluff View Art District.

13–14 hour day·About 4 hours of round-trip driving from Nashville, plus short hops around Chattanooga
Best: All year; best April–May and October
$4 USD
Cummins Falls pouring over a layered limestone ledge into a gorge, with wide stair-step cascades below, green summer forest on the left and a tall rock wall on the rightWaterfalls & state parks
Nashville → Cummins Falls → Cookeville WestSide → Burgess Falls → Nashville

Waterfalls of the Upper Cumberland

A waterfall day trip east from downtown Nashville: the 75-foot Cummins Falls from its overlook or, with a gorge permit, from the plunge pool, lunch by the 1909 depot in Cookeville, and the four falls of Burgess Falls on the Falling Water River, planned around permits, parking limits and flash floods.

11–12 hour day·About 3½–4 hours of driving in total
Best: Mid-April to early June, or October
$4 USD
Stone steps with metal railings leading down into the dark, fern-covered mouth of Mammoth Cave's Historic Entrance, with a thin waterfall dripping over the openingCaves & hiking
Nashville → Mammoth Cave Visitor Center → Historic Tour → The Lodge → River Styx Spring → Cedar Sink → Lost River Cave

Mammoth Cave

A full day from Nashville under and around the world's longest known cave: a ranger-led Historic Tour through the Rotunda and up Mammoth Dome, lunch at the Lodge, a walk down to the spring where the cave's river meets the Green River, the stairs into Cedar Sink, and an optional boat ride through Lost River Cave on the way home.

10–11 hour day·About 3½ hours of round-trip driving from Nashville, plus short drives inside the park
Best: All year; best April–May and September–October
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A digital guide with a timed itinerary, stop-by-stop details, a schematic route map, navigation links and a plain-text plan. This is a self-guided plan; attraction admission, parking, food, and transport are separate. We update trips regularly, and you’ll always have access to the latest information: you own your guide forever, so you can read the latest version online any time or keep it up to date in the app.

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Who is Greg?

I’m Greg Pasquariello, a software engineer living in the Pacific Northwest and the owner of Tecnicl LLC. I love a good day trip, and I host a lot of out-of-town visitors who want to know what they can do while they’re here. Greg’s Guides began as the plans I kept putting together for them. Now anyone can use them.

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