Dwellings may not match what's shown in the photos. Visit a Flickr photoset of cabins at the park. The tunnel is 850 feet long and 100 feet high inside. Longitude, -82.738577.ĭrive Time: Northern Virginia, eight hours Richmond, six hours Tidewater/Norfolk/Virginia Beach, eight to nine hours Roanoke, three and a half hours Knoxville, Tenn., one and a half hours Winston-Salem, N.C., three hours Lexington, Ky., two and a half hours. Its address is 1420 Natural Tunnel Parkway. Take Natural Tunnel Parkway about one mile east to park entrance. The turn-off to the park is at mile marker 17.4 on Rt. Natural Tunnel State Park is in Scott County, about 13 miles north of Gate City and 20 miles north of Kingsport, Tenn. To get there, from I-81, take U.S. Various events, workshops and programs, which are listed under Natural Tunnel's events, are held here. The center has a museum, library, conference room, gift shop and outdoor classroom. The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center at 371 Technology Trail Lane in Duffield is a satellite facility of this park. Guests enjoy cave tours and canoe trips on the Clinch River, as well as the Cove Ridge Center, which offers environmental education, conference facilities and overnight dorm accommodations. You'll also find the Wilderness Road historic area and a chairlift to the tunnel floor. William Jennings Bryan called it the 'Eighth Wonder of the World.' Other scenic features include a wide chasm between steep stone walls surrounded by several pinnacles, or 'chimneys.'įacilities include two campgrounds, cabins, picnic areas, an amphitheater, a visitor center, a camp store and a gift shop. More than 850 feet long and 10 stories high, Natural Tunnel was naturally carved through a limestone ridge over thousands of years.

The Man from C.A.M.P. by Don Holliday