Facebook Tracking Pixel

Mountain Farm Museum
Add to Trip

Mountain Farm Museum

Logs of chestnut, gardens of squash

The Mountain Farm Museum, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, preserves one of the finest collections of historic log structures in the National Park system.  The 19th century buildings were relocated from mountain coves in the Park to re-create a typical farm of the era.

Here you’ll discover the Davis House, a log cabin built of American chestnut before the blight obliterated the great, sprawling trees in the Blue Ridge.  Other farm buildings include a barn, hen house, smoke house, apple house, springhouse and blacksmith shop.

In summer, the museum becomes a working farm, with squash, corn and tomatoes cultivated in the garden and farm animals grazing the fields.  Park staff and volunteers in period costumes offer interpretive programs and demonstrations of traditional farming techniques.

Two excellent walking trails start in the area. The Oconaluftee River Trail follows its namesake stream for 1.5 miles to Cherokee. Mingus Creek Trail climbs past old farms into Smokies high country.

The museum is open year-round, sunrise to sunset, about 2 miles north of Cherokee, on US 441. For details, visit the website.

 

 

Location

Located Nearby

Explore Crafts of the Blue Ridge

Follow the Blue Ridge Craft Trails to find makers of authentic handmade crafts that rely on the native materials of our mountains.

Find Craft Destinations

A Living Heritage of Craft

Discover the traditions of handmade craft passed down by generations in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Beading

Blacksmithing

Cherokee Crafts

Doll Making

Fiber Arts

Pottery

Quilting

Woodworking