Grandkids loved it. Huge enclosed fort like area. Movie and welcome center is informative.

Great facility. Awesome history for such a small, unassuming community. Fun to be a part of where history happened! Great for picnics, walking, and learning. Special events at the Fort are incredible. Old Christmas celebration is my favorite!

I love history and enjoyed the museum, the rifleman demonstrating the muzzleloader, and the company of good friends while touring.

A very nice family oriented place. There are many options for families. Fishing, trail walking, educational, and just fun. My children and I enjoy it and come often. Especially for the presentations and different displays they have.

Lovely trail. My kiddos loved the fort too. Beautiful scenery.

Great place to take a look at how things used to be.

I always love coming here just walking around listening to the river and birds chirping

Nice replica of the fort. We enjoyed a peaceful walk around the river.

Historical site in Elizabethton that has a lot to explore and gift shop. A few quite trails were our favorite part. We didnt explore everything because we plan to come back later, and we wanted to have a few surprises left for the next visit.

Very glad we stopped. We only stayed for a short time, but still was a great place. The buildings arent open but still full of interesting artifacts to look at. Information is well posted also.

Wonderful place to spend the day nice peaceful quiet and clean

Folks you got to check this place out. Just awsome. You feel like you stepped back in time. Everyone does a fantastic job.

The black haw is in bloom as are most of the spring flowers. Really good time of year for a stroll along the river bank!

Its a shame they have to keep the cabins locked up! People just dont leave things alone for others to appreciate!

This is such a beautiful local park in Elizabethton. The history is quite interesting regarding the contribution in the revolutionary war.The park itself is clean and well kept by the park workers, making it a very enjoyable place to walk your dog or have a picnic.

Loved the history

The free Watauga museum was historically and artfully displayed with life size statues and along with the fort helped you to visualize the time period and put yourself there...enjoyed the visit. There is also a nice 1mile trail to hike.

Great learning place

Nice little experience been here before will be back again Nice well-maintained trails and a lot of history and knowledge.

Great place with lots of hustory.

Best museum seen in a long time!! Much care and artsy craftsmanship on show here. We learned a lot about Tennessee and about how it started and the roll the overmountain men played in ending the revolutionary war!! Nice facilities and most friendly staff. Neat old fort, also.

Neat spot. We stumbled on this from just driving by.

Awesome place and live show to watch

Always a beautiful place.

Lots of interesting events. Close to the beautiful river trail. Clean and well-maintained, and has a nice souvenir store.

A beautiful piece of American history that you can look touch and see

A great piece of the local park. Fun place for kids of all ages. Pokestops galore and gyms for the gotta-catch-em-all fans. Right on the beautiful Doe River.

Such a significant place with so much history

Nice visit, nice fortification. A pity that all of the living quarters were closed when we visited within the indicated opening hours. The visitor center nearby provides more information about the fort - there is little info shared at the fort itself.

Allways a great place to visit. We took some friends there to show the history of Tennessee.

This is a great place to walk! Very nice trails that are wooded and go all the way to the river. I havent spent much time up in the fort but it looks to be a reconstruction of a revolutionary era camp. There is ample parking.

Absolutely beautiful place to take the family and for pictures

This is a very informative center for learning about the revolutionary time period of our country

Great fort replica!

This is a nice little historic park. I never understand why many of the historic markers are located along the side of the road and it is not easy of safe to pull over, get out of the car, to read and photograph them. Near the entrance of the park are 3 historic markers. The Fort is located behind the visitors center, and it is very well kept. I stopped by the Sunday of Veterans Day and they had reenactment in the fort. They also have some Crafters selling woven merchandise. When I saw them in the visitors center, all but 1 packed up and left/leaving. The only vendor left was one who was selling colorful long socks. The visitors center has a museum and a store. The trails in this park is pretty well maintained. I love the view of the river. If you love history, you will enjoy this park. It is also dogfriendly.

If you have an interest in history or nature, this is a great day trip for you and your kids Check out the authentic 1700s fort with wonderful interpreters. There is a gift shop with clean restrooms and a walk-through museum that describes what happened there between the Cherokee and the settlers. The 3rd weekend in May is their reenactment of the Seige of Watauga. You dont want to miss this event. There are period demonstrations all through the fort and the grounds; Period tents, cooking demos, firing demos, period music. Take a walk along the river and see the native wild flowers, vegetation, and the soaring sycamore trees. Your kids will love it too. Every year in July, the reenactors there put on an original play about the Cherokee and the settlers.

Awesome place for family and to learn more about our history

Loved it

A very nice park with replicated buildings from the earliest periods of time in our area with art displays, music and reenactments of events.

This is a great place to visit and to step back in time to learn our Nations fight for the Revolutionary War & the Over Mountain Men that helped defeat the British and win the war. Among other historical firsts.

Attended the 1st annual Overmountain Institute at adjoining Sycamore Shoals State Park. due to weeks of rain prior to the demonstrations planned for the fort were moved to the visitors center but we were served an 18th century frontier lunch at the fort cooked and served in one of the cabins. we look forward to returning for a more thorough tour of the fort in drier times.

Went to this place when i was in grade school and it still ia one of my favorite places

My 5th GGF, Michael Hyder Sr. guarded the fort during the part of the Revolutionary war he didnt fight in. Even though it is not on the same land, they preserve the history.

Incredible makes me proud to be a citizen of Carter co

Great place for a relaxing walk along with learning amazing history!

This be place is awesome, a step back b in time on

Cool historic area

Great place to take the family.

Historical reenactments, workshops, Tennessees Official Outdoor Drama takes place here, photo worthy, family and pet friendly.

If you are in the area dont miss this piece of history

Beautiful.

It was informative and peaceful.

Very educational . loved it

Pretty cool place! Some parts have been repaired/replaced.

Wonderful historical area and gorgeous scenery

Wonderful family place.

Awesome place for the family

History with a push. Nothing like going back in time.

Overmountain Victory Trail Historical Monument. Fort Watauga is definitely worth stopping and learning, hands on, some American history.

Well maintained park very informative

Beautiful place.

Attended the independence weekend event, enjoyed the tour and watching the grandson in the kids militia

Never cool place

Best place to learn about Tennessees early history.

Love walking here and my kids love it too.

A real place in American history

Great Fort good for children

Good history lesson

Awesome historic site!

Where America was won

Perfect for families

Good time

History abounds here

History lesson

Interesting

Awesome

Home of the Watauga Association. Amazing history was made here.