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Nashville is one hour 45 minutes away, easy day trip to go tour Graceland. Pigeon Forge is 2 hours in the opposite direction. Lots to do there, including Dollywood. Also 2 hours from Smoky Mountain Natl Park, which is just beautiful. She could easily pack the kids up and do an overnight camping with them, the campgrounds in the park are breathtaking.
I live down the hill in Cookeville, 40 miles from Crossville, and we are almost 100 miles from Nashville...No, Graceland is in Memphis, but Nashville has a really nice zoo, Opryland, and lots of shopping. If you like flea mkts, there is one on wkends just outside downtown. Visit Little Blessings quilt shop (adults). There is a mall with Vanity Fair and other Outlet stores (love VF)..OH! the Crossville Playhouse! You must go! You won't see anything comparable on stage outside NY. Smoke on the Mountain series will surely be available whenever you are there. And we've enjoyed "Joseph's Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat" 3 times already! People come from all over for the productions. Check it out at
http://ccplayhouse.com/ The longest yard sale in the world occurs in August and you won't even have to leave town --there will be bargains everywhere. Someone suggested you ck w/Chamber of Commerce--excellent idea. Edited to add there is a 3-D theater in Chattanooga..just a little over an hour from Crossville.