Page 31 - Conference 2025

Beale Street, or watch the famous resident
Mallard ducks parade through the Grand
Lobby of the Peabody Memphis hotel at
11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Visit famed music sites such as
Sun Records and Sun Studio, or tour
Graceland Museum, Elvis’ grand home.
In fact, you can munch on a fried peanut
butter and banana sandwich in honor of
“The King.”
The area’s craft beer scene has
exploded, with breweries such as
Memphis favorite Wiseacre’s or Ghost Memphis Sign–Alex Shansky
River, Memphis Made and High Cotton.
And as part of the Tennessee Whiskey embark on natural surfaces. Travel along through Shiloh National Military Park
Trail, Old Dominick in downtown the 2-mile Civil War Forts Trail or the provides insights into one of the violent
Memphis represents a rebirth of a more 0.5-mile African American Cemetery battles of the Civil War.
than 150-year-old distillery, while Loop Trail. In Waynesboro, Middle Green River
distilleries like Short Mountain in In East Memphis, more than 40 miles Stables offers ponies or horses to explore
Woodbury and Prichard’s in Kelso will of trails encompass wildlife haven, Shelby 2,700 acres of trails.
get you out in the countryside. Farms Park including paved and unpaved At Tripp Country Hams in Brownsville,
Take a Hike trails. For more adventure, hit up the visitors can bring home the bacon made
Wolf River Trails, which wind through
from a secret decades-old family recipe.
New Johnsonville: The 2,000-acre the Lucius Burch Jr. State Natural Area. If A winding boardwalk traverses the
Johnsonville State Historic Park is a you had more of a stroll in mind, mosey 162-acre cypress forest at Cypress Grove
wealth of history as it commemorates around the Hyde Lake Loop, which is Nature Park in Jackson.
the Johnsonville Depot, the Battle of especially breathtaking at sunset. For any questions about the
Johnsonville and the historic town of Conference, contact Mark Miller at
the area that was established 1864-1944. Other resources for adventuring markmillertcapwa@gmail.com or
Explore these historic treasures on the through the West Tennessee Delta: (865) 850-1534.
8-mile Historic Johnsonville Trail as you A self-guided, 10-mile driving tour

View online at tnpublicworks.com 31