Gateway to the Firescald Creek area of Savage Gulf State Park, including Greeter Falls, the site of the historic Long’s Mill, the Greeter Homestead and the Alum Gap Campground.

Originally a resort town in the mid-1800s, it's now home to a retreat center and gateway to the Big Creek area of Savage Gulf State Park.

A coal mining community that is now home to a 1300-acre off-highway vehicle park and Big Creek Lake, a popular place to fish and paddle.

An early home to Swiss immigrants with interesting heritage sites and the gateway to the Collins Gulf area of Savage Gulf State Park.

Gateway to the region with direct access to I-24, the highest concentration of restaurants and retail shops and home to the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly, one of a handful of remaining Chautauqua communities from the late 1800s.

Near the Savage Gulf East trailhead in Savage Gulf State Park and many overlooks of the 500-acre Werner Old Growth Forest — one of the few areas in the Southeast that were never timbered.

Home of The Caverns, a world-renowned destination for underground live music and the Emmy-winning PBS television series.

Home to the University of the South, one of the nation's most beautiful college campuses with a classic and authentic downtown and miles of well-maintained hiking trails with bluff views.

A company town in the coal mining area, home of the Grundy County Heritage Center and trailhead of the nationally-renowned Fiery Gizzard trail.