- The list below includes 38 free or cheap things to do in or near Athens, Tennessee, including 63 different types of inexpensive activities like Art Gallery, History Museums, Farms & Ranches and Gardens.
- From Gardens of Sunshine Hollow to Athens Regional Park, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Athens and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Cleveland, Ocoee, Benton and Sweetwater.
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Spread over 20 acres and with over 1750 varieties of flowers, Gardens of Sunshine Hollow is a large and diverse garden where visitors can stroll and enjoy lunch at the pavilion. There are also annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees.
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Featuring five lighted softball fields and four soccer fields, Athens Regional Park is a suitable location for a group sporting event. The location also contains a concession building and two duck ponds.
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Guests to the Mayfield Dairy Farm are able to see first hand how Mayfield products are made. Most of the tour takes place indoors with some outdoor opportunities if the weather is nice.
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522 West Madison Ave, Athens, TN 37303
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History comes to life at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, which is normally just called the Living Heritage Museum. Historical demonstrations take up a large portion of the exhibits at the museum, but there are also rotating exhibits of over 10,000 artifacts.
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The famous Russel Stover company supplies its candies all over the country, but the Russell Stover Factory Outlet provides many more products than are normally available. Shoppers also get to purchase the items at a lower than normal cost in most cases.
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A custom framing facility, Fuller's Frame Shop offers fine art prints along with framing and printing services. The shop is also home to a gallery that displays and sells works of art made by local artists.
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Focusing on a tour of the caverns, the Lost Sea Adventure allows guests to visit the underground lake while a guide explains the exciting and colorful history of the site. Once at the bottom of the cave, they then board a glass-bottom boat for a trip across the Lost Sea.
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Lost Sea Inc. offers guided cavern and underground lake tours. Tour guides will explain the history of the caverns and explain the geological development of the cavern rooms throughout the tour, which traverses about three quarters of a mile.
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Sweetwater City of is a city in Tennessee that has a downtown area, a commercial space, recreational facilities, and schools. The city has a mayor and a board of commissioners who are in charge of the City Department.
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The Sweetwater Flea Market is an 800-vendor booth flea market that offers a wide variety of products and services. The market has a large indoor area with giant-sized inflatables and a game room.