Amanda M.
11/5/2024
Incredible place to learn about Tennessee's native wildlife! They have wolves, foxes, Bob cats, and an array of herps! They're also bringing back their otters! They continue to work toward...
Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium
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853 Bays Mountain Park Rd
Kingsport, TN 37660
Located in Kingsport, Tenn., Bays Mountain Park facilities includes more than 3,500-acre of outdoor classroom area, more than 44-acres of lake, a nature center housing exhibits, planetarium, watershed room, library, gift shop and staff offices. It also has a farmstead museum and herpetarium that contains a presentation area and houses live reptiles and amphibian displays. The park is nestled in the northeastern end of the Bays Mountain formation and is a protected haven for wildlife. The park s volunteers trained by park professionals aid in every phase of the park's operation, such as taking small groups of students on nature hikes and teaching grade-level curriculum. Bays Mountain Park also offers various educational programs including general public nature and school field trip nature programs and presentations, such as in-school presentations, home school, general public planetarium and school planetarium presentations.
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4.537 reviewsPaul D.
9/1/2025
Good park for the price of admission (parking only, plus whatever else you pay for such as planetarium shows). The girl working the gift shop counter was quite rude, almost seemingly...
Grace D.
4/19/2024
What a fantastic place to spend a few hours! Loved the animal exhibits, there's sooo many trails, and the Discovery Center was great! The planetarium was closed when I went, but looked fabulous!...
Jay J.
8/20/2022
Bays Mountain Park is a 3,650 acre nature preserve located in Kingsport, Tennessee. It is the largest city owned park in the state of Tennessee. It also has a 44 acre lake, a nature center, a...
Ralph D.
7/31/2023
Bay's mountain is a Kingsport treasure. A real deal urban wilderness. The wildlife habitats and the exhibits are great for kids of most ages.. The trail system is 40+ miles of hikes of varying...
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