Rusty Acorn Farm
The Great Smoky Mountains area has been named the 10th best fall camping destination in the country, according to a new report from the outdoor experts at Hipcamp, the largest resource for camping in the US.
Hipcamp, a unique app that gives campers across the U.S. access to the most remote places to camp, released this the list in honor of the Autumn Equinox fall’s “official” arrival on September 23rd. AND for the first time, local campers and glampers now have a way to find unique fall experiences - from apple picking to fall leaf peeping - with Hipcamp’s new seasonal fall fun app feature now available.
HIPCAMP’S TOP TEN U.S. FALL CAMPING DESTINATIONS:
1. Central / Southeast Texas
2. Virginia (Charlottesville)
3. Southeast Utah (Monument Valley)
4. Pennsylvania
5. Yellowstone & Grand Tetons
6. Rio Grande
7. New Hampshire
8. New York
9. Maine
10. Great Smoky Mountains
Take a trip “Up the Road” with two, within a day’s drive, examples of Great Smoky Mountain Hipcamps that are awesome to enjoy this fall:
Rusty Acorn Farm
Rusty Acorn Farm, on over thirty acres with grand views of the Smoky Mountain National Forest and five minutes from a public boat access to the extensive Tellico Lake , includes twenty acres of open fields and ten acres of woods. They raise pasture poultry on one part of the farm. Probably the best view of any farm in the area of the Smoky Mountains, the farm is thirteen miles from Vonore and forty minutes south of Knoxville.
Butterfly Farm Sanctuary
Butterfly Farm Sanctuary goes way back into the mountain mists of time to being the land of the Cherokee. Once the white man removed the Cherokee Trail of Tears to Oklahoma - the Scotch-Irish moved into the valley and settled up and down along the river.
The property has been owned by many people over the decades, some old families who have been here for generations and others who decided to buy it as vacation property. It was not well looked after at times and so has been in the process of bringing it in to greater health. The locals named this property Butterfly many years ago. Both pastures fill with butterflies in the summer.
