Alexandria & Austin
Things To Do
Bee Rock Overlook
This is a short walk from the Garden Inn with the most beautiful view.
The Country Porch
A local favorite, enjoy a bite to eat at the country porch!
Muddy Pond Sorghum Mill
Deep in the hills of Tennessee, midway between Nashville and Knoxville lies a little community called Muddy Pond. During September and October, you can smell the aroma of freshly made sorghum syrup being made by the Guenther family. Stop by the Muddy Pond Sorghum Mill and watch step by step as sorghum syrup is being made. Here, you can: Taste The Syrup While It Is Still Warm Hear The Train Whistle Blow As The Wood-Fired, Steam Locomotive Boiler Makes The Steam That Boils The Juice Down To Syrup Purchase Some To Take Home With You Watch The Horses Walk Around The Cane Mill As The Juice Is Being Squeezed Out Of The Sorghum Cane
Cumberland Mountain State Park
About a good 45 minute drive from the Garden Inn. Cumberland Mountain State Park is situated on the Cumberland Plateau, a segment of the great upland, which extends from western New York to central Alabama. It is said to be the largest timbered plateau in America. The park is located around Byrd Lake, a man-made lake created by the impoundment of Byrd Creek in the 1930s.
Cummins Falls State Park
A short 35-minute drive from the garden Inn you will find this beautiful state park. Cummins Falls State Park is an idyllic, but rugged, 306-acre day-use park located nine miles north of Cookeville on the Blackburn Fork State Scenic River on the Eastern Highland Rim. Located in the Cordell Hull Watershed, the area has been a scenic spot and swimming hole for local residents of Jackson and Putnam counties for more than 100 years. Cummins Falls is Tennessee’s eighth largest waterfall in volume of water and is 75 feet high.
Nashville
Just an hour and a half west of Monterey you can visit the city of country music Nashville Tennessee!