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Picnic Areas

A picnic is a pleasant diversion, especially in scenic Tennessee. The sky's the limit in Tennessee for picnic perfection. Park vistas are grand, with individual picnic sites ready for you. Add cooler and stir!

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212 Market Restaurant
At 212, we offer you the warmth and comfort of traditional southern hospitality, combined with a world-class culinary experience. Choose from our award-winning wine list and heavenly dessert tray to complete your experience. ...more

Region:  Chattanooga & Southeast
City:  Chattanooga, TN
Phone:  (423) 265-1212

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Alpine Bagels, Maryland Farms
The Alpine bagel may very well be the best bagel on planet Earth! Chances are, if you want a particular bagel, Alpine will have it, among the basics: Plain, Onion, Blueberry, Spinach Parmesan, Poppy Seed, Sun-Dried Tomato, Onion, Jalapeno, Banana Walnut, Apple Cinnamon Raisin, Sesame, Whole Wheat with a new specialty every day. Bagels are baked fresh daily, and the wide variety of sumptuous spreads are made with delicious lowfat cream cheese. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Brentwood, TN
Phone:  615-221-2212

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Apple Cake Tea Room
Wonderfully quaint café located among boutique shops and the Tennessee countryside for a delicious lunch or snack. The interior beckons diners to settle in and get comfortable with a fireplace, log cabin furnishings and lace curtains. ...more

Region:  Knoxville & Middle East
City:  Farragut, TN
Phone:  (865) 966-7848

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Beachaven Vineyards & Winery
Experience daily tours & tastings from one of Tennessee's premier wineries. This family owned vineyard also offers a summer treat - Jazz on the Lawn. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Clarksville, TN
Phone:  931-645-8867

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Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
Nashville frequently shows off the view from Bicentennial Mall for the entire nation to enjoy; most televised sporting events broadcast the view from the mall, which was designed to preserve the area’s only unobstructed view of the antebellum state capitol building. Built to honor the state’s 200th anniversary in 1996, the park occupies a piece of land that was part of the Great Salt Lick, or French Lick, where prehistoric animals came for the salt and hunters came for the animals. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Nashville, TN
Phone:  615-741-5280

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Big Cypress Tree State Park
A peaceful park for enjoying nature, Big Cypress was named for a national champion tree that was 1,350 years old before being killed by a lightning strike in 1976. In the floodplain of the Obion River’s Middle Fork, the park is a great site for picnicking, wildflower walks, bird watching and hiking and includes a 330-acre natural area and 27-acre adjacent park. ...more

Region:  Northwest
City:  Greenfield, TN
Phone:  (731) 235-2700

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Big Hill Pond State Park
With its railroad and Civil War history and 5,000 acres of magnificent timberland and hardwood bottom lands of Cypress Creek and the Tuscumbia River, Big Hill Pond has features of interest to both history buffs and nature lovers. Close to the sites of battles at Davis Bridge and Youngs Bridge engagement where the Confederate Army, withdrawing from Corinth, MS, extricated itself from a difficult situation and later formed the bulk of the defenders of the besieged city of Vicksburg. ...more

Region:  Southwest
City:  Pocahontas, TN
Phone:  (731) 645-7967

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Bledsoe Creek State Park
Bledsoe Creek State Park is a 164-acre, historically significant site on the Bledsoe Creek embayment of the Old Hickory Reservoir near the 1780s settlement of Cairo. It is a popular site for hiking, camping, boating and fishing. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Gallatin, TN
Phone:  615-452-3706

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Bloomin' Barbecue & Bluegrass Festival
At Sevierville's Bloomin' Barbeque and Bluegrass you will find far more than just great barbeque. It is a weekend of family fun, spring celebration and fantastic bluegrass. ...more

Region:  Smoky Mountains
City:  Sevierville, TN
Phone:  888-889-7415

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Blue Bird Antiques & Ice Cream Parlor
Soda bar features hand-dipped ice cream, homemade waffle cones, malts and shakes. Shop offers antiques, architectural fragments and quilts. ...more

Region:  Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City:  Bell Buckle, TN
Phone:  (931) 389-6549

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Booker T. Washington State Park
Officially established as one of two recreational parks for African Americans (the other was T. O. ...more

Region:  Chattanooga & Southeast
City:  Chattanooga, TN
Phone:  423-894-4955

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Brother Juniper's
Food, family and community are the key ingredients to Brother Juniper's award-winning, nationally acclaimed restaurant. When walking through the doors of the humble house at 3519 Walker Avenue, it is soon apparent that Brother Juniper's is not just an ordinary breakfast restaurant. ...more

Region:  Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City:  Memphis, TN
Phone:  901-324-0144

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Burgess Falls State Park
Burgess Falls, one of the first Natural Areas, is on Tennessee’s Eastern Highland Rim and is noted for its scenic splendor. Sheer bluffs, narrow ridges, rolling water and abundant mixed forest, characterize this area. ...more

Region:  Upper Cumberland
City:  Sparta, TN
Phone:  931-432-5312

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Cafe 4
Café 4 is a full-service restaurant/bakery/coffee bar located in the Historic Market Square district of downtown Knoxville. The restaurant offers a full menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner, served 7 days a week. ...more

Region:  Knoxville & Middle East
City:  Knoxville, TN
Phone:  (865) 544-4144

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Carver's Applehouse Restaurant & Orchard
Overlook the Smokies and apple orchards and have a delightful meal at Carver's Applehouse! Actually a family farm orchard, the Carvers have been growing apples in the area since the 1940s. Kyle Carver started his orchard in 1942, hand grafting and planting apple trees in his cornfield. ...more

Region:  Smoky Mountains
City:  Cosby, TN
Phone:  (423) 487-2410

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