Nashville and Tennessee help for newbie

If you're interested in a different camping experience, check out Edgar Evins State Park, about 40 miles east of Nashville. You camp on elevated wood decks that make you feel as if you're camping in a treehouse. The decks hold everything from a tent to a Class A.

I second Fall Creek Falls State Park. Another one I really like is Roan Mountain State Park as well.

1. Fall Creek Falls State Park

2. Any of the Corp of Engineering campsite on the COE lakes

In downtown Nashville, lower Broadway is a lot of fun if you’re into country music and the bar scene. Lots of bachelorette parties down there every day it seems like. Lots of things to do as far as bus tours, carriage rides, and pedal taverns. Also downtown there’s the country music Hall of Fame, and the Frist Museum for the Visual Arts. Outside of Nashville a little ways, there’s the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson.

For Nashville campgrounds, there are several in the Opryland area that are all pretty nice.

In East Tennessee when we go to the Smokys, we tend to avoid the touristy places like Pigeon Forge, but may go into Gatlinburg and do a little sightseeing one day. We stay in the Smoky Mountains in the Elkmont campground. Another good one it’s the Cades Cove campground not far from Townsend Tennessee. Townsend is the quiet side of the Smokies. Just depends on what you’re into. The campgrounds in the Smokies of course don’t have hook ups so you have to be prepared. There are also lots of
campgrounds in pigeon Forge that do have hook ups. Townsend also has commercial campgrounds with hook ups.

I second cindik regarding defeated creek... beautiful campground and being COE it's affordable.

Also agree that Chattanooga is worth some time. It's a nice compact city that I bet would be ideal for the vespas.

Check out TN state parks website. Reservations are on line only but that does not rule out an impromptu overnight stop as a drive up if sites are available. TN state parks are nice and amenities vary from full hook up to W/E or primitive. Some of my favorites are Tims Ford SP and Cumberland Mountain SP.

There is so much to see its hard to suggest without an idea of what your interests are....other than riding your Vespas. For that though look up Tail of the Dragon, route 129 in TN. Touring the National Park would be nice to do.

Chattanooga is worth a stop, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville areas is worth a stop. Cherokee NC is right over the mountain from G'burg and Asheville NC is a nice day trip from there too with the Biltmore Estate to tour. So much to do, so little time.

Agree with the Cherohala and Indian Boundary. From there you could also check out Tellico and the Bald River Falls area. Another beautiful area is Fall Creek Falls, one of our favorite places to camp. Defeated Creek is another good COE campground in middle TN. Of course, the Smoky Mountains are beautiful too!

Check out Indian Boundary National Forest Campgrounds outside Tellico Plains, TN. It is located on the Cherahola Skyway, a beautiful high elevation road that crosses from TN to NC. Another is Davidson River NF Campground in Brevard, NC. Lots of great scooting in that area. My all time favorite in the Blue Ridge Parkway which is pure bliss on 2 wheels.

COE campgrounds are our favorite. Seven Points COE campgrounds located E of Nashville is a good example. Check it out while you are in town!

I would think the scooters would be a blast on the Blue Ridge Pkwy as well as Smokey Mountain National park, and Gatlinburg Tn and Asheville NC. As well as some nice state parks in the NC mountains. Campgrounds wise, there are numerous COE parks throughout the region. Select a region, base at a park for 3-5 days or so and then move 100 miles up or down (depending on where you start).
Hundreds of miles of limited access highway with the majority having a 45 mph speed limit with a few areas on 35. Overlooks and picnic areas everywhere.