This Summer, See The Beauty Of The Cumberland Mountains
How often do you get to take a real vacation? Do you yearn to whisk your family off to a scenic, remote place where you can finally put that boat to real use? Or maybe you’d like to rent a boat and have a picnic on the lake? One of the best places for a lake-side vacation is a cabin rental at Norris Lake, in Northeast Tennessee.
Norris Lake is located just off of I-75, north of Knoxville. This is extremely convenient for those of you who like to have a bit of privacy without being completely cut off from the rest of the world. It’s always nice to know that the conveniences of a city are close by when you’re staying in the wilderness. The Great Smoky Mountains and Gatlinburg are also nearby. With all of the water activities and nature activities available, what could be better for a family to experience together?
Norris Lake is nestled in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains. To the North is the Cumberland Gap, which provided access to the west during colonial times. The Cumberland Gap leads to the historic Wilderness Trail, which was first marked by Daniel Boone, a Tennessee native. Set at the convergence of the Clinch and Powell Rivers, Norris Lake was created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with the construction of the Norris Dam. With the creation of Norris Lake, the lake stretches over 50 miles up both of the rivers. In all, Norris Lake covers 33,000 acres.
Norris Lake is such a popular vacation area that people come from all over the United States, however most of the visitors hail from Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia. The Tennessee Valley Authority boasts that the water of Norris Lake is the purest in their entire system. This crystal blue water has a 96% quality rating, you are sure to find plenty of water activities to keep you and your family entertained for days!
When the family tires of waterskiing, fishing and wakeboarding there are two nearby wildlife areas provide hiking and biking trails horseback riding. Norris Lake cabin rentals truly offer the vacationer the opportunity to get away from it all while still maintaining access to a major city and theme park for fun and adventure for all of the family.
If Tennessee is a bit too far for you to travel, you might consider a Big Bear cabin rental at Big Bear Lake, located in Southern California. The amenities include anything from horseback riding, to para-sailing, to skiing (in the winter).