Crockett Cabin is a beautiful rustic log cabin hostel & bunkhouse, located on the banks of the Nolichucky River, near Erwin, TN.

Crockett Cabin & Hostel Bunkhouse:

• Bunk-beds with thick foam pads
• large stone fireplace
• covered porch
• charcoal grills
• adjacent shower house 
• bonfire ring
• sand volleyball court
• large grassy areas for group games
• adjacent to the Appalachian Trail and Nolichucky River.

$10 per person per night + tax. 

Group discounts. 9-26 people $1 per person discount. 27+ people $2 per person discount.

Rent the whole cabin for $450 per night + tax.

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Worley's Cave  Bluff City, TN. Ages 8+. Kids love Worley's Cave! Worley's Cave is an unspoiled, "wild cave" that is known for its voluminous size. Explore the beauty of natural cave features and formations, and learn a bit about the life and geology of an undeveloped limestone cave. Just $38.95 per person + tax. Experience is not required. Gear is provided.

For a custom package, please call 1-866-USA-Raft with your specific dates and needs for rafting and/or caving, lodging and meals and we will provide you with a custom package price. E-mail

Policies for Crockett cabin 

Check-in is after 3:00 PM. If you arrive latter in the evening after the outpost closes, consult the dry-erase board on the front of the cabin to see your room assignments.

Check-out is at 11:00. If you are going on a morning rafting trip please check out before your trip departs.

Quiet hours after 10:00 PM.

No alcoholic beverages.

If you have scheduled meals with us, breakfast is between 7:30 and 8:30 AM and dinner is scheduled for 6:00 PM.

Erwin, TN: Restaurants

Azteca Mexican Restaurant
1238 N. Main Ave
423-735-0600

China Kitchen
1067 1/2 N. Main Ave
423-743-7788

Little Caesar's Pizza Carry-Out
1203 1/2 N. Main Ave.
423-743-4111

Rocky's Pizza - Delivery
Subs, salad, spaghetti (they deliver to the cabin)
1246 N. Main Ave.
423-743-5519

Pizza Plus - Delivery
423-743-7121

Grocery Stores

Whites Fresh Foods
1609 Jackson-Love HWY
423-743-6971

Crockett Cabin and adventure packages book well in advance for weekend, holiday and summer dates. We love groups!

Reservations: 1-866-USA-Raft. Call Today! 

View available trip times and book online 24/7! 

"Crockett Cabin" by John Goins

You might be wondering why the cabin you’re looking at is called the Crockett Cabin. Well, I’ll tell you.

Hike upstream on the west bank of the Nolichucky River for a spell and you’ll find where Limestone Creek adds its burden of water and sediment and gravel to the Nolichucky. You might have to have a local to guide you.

Stop there and search the north bank of the creek. You’ll notice the weeds and brush and trees aren’t so thick there as they are on the south bank of the creek. You’ll also notice that the north side of the creek is higher than the south side, high enough that Nolichucky flood waters could never reach the top. You’re looking at the birthplace of David Davy Crockett. And yes, that’s his full name.

Now notice the trees growing on the banks of the Nolichucky all the way to the top of the highest ridge. You’re looking at giant poplar trees. Those trees will sometimes grow straight as an arrow, 10 feet in diameter and 80 feet tall, with not a limb for the first 40 feet.

We’re talking about softwood trees now, sorta like pine, not hardwood trees like oak and chestnut and walnut and locust. Now if you were gonna build yourself a cabin, and you were gonna have to cut the trees down with an ax, not a chain saw, what kind of tree would you prefer to work on? The poplar, of course.

And that’s what John Crockett did when he arrived in the 1780's after whipping the Red Coats in the Revolution. He was given the land for his service in the war, but he had to take his ax and clear the land and build his cabin. In this cabin Davy Crockett was born, August 17, 1786, the fifth son of nine kids. That’s more than a hundred years ago, but today you can still stand in the cabin where Davy was born.

But that’s not exactly right either. You see, the Crocketts were a restless bunch, and soon moved on from the Nolichucky. And over the years other families lived in that cabin of poplar logs and added to it and changed things around some.

But take a close look at those poplar logs. See how wide they are? Those were monster trees. Look closer and you can see the ax and adze marks on the logs. They were split by hand.

How do we know this is the cabin where Davy Crockett was born? We don’t know for sure, but many years ago the original owner of this land found a cabin in eastern Tennessee that all the locals called the Crockett cabin. The locals claimed that this was the original Crockett cabin.

So the original owner of this land accepted that legend, too. He took the cabin apart, marked each log, and then reassembled it here once more on the bank of the Nolichucky River. Then he nailed the sign over the door.

A professional guide in every raft. Experience is not required. All gear is provided.

We provide everything you will need for your rafting adventure. Just be ready to get wet and have fun on and off of the river! No experience is required and there is a professional guide in every raft.

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With over 30 years of experience, a rigorous raft guide training school and the best guides and gear on the river, USA Raft is the leading whitewater rafting outfitter in the Asheville & Boone, NC and Johnson City, TN region.

• Guides are skilled, friendly & fun!
• High performance self-bailing rafts and equipment.
• Permits & licenses with the US Forest Service.
• Recognized in: Men's Journal, American Scouting Digest, National Geographic Adventure, Pilots Away and Diversion Magazine for Physicians at Leisure.

"Your guides were outstanding. They were skilled, knowledgeable and fun!" - Wit Tuttell. Public Relations Director. NC Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development.

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