ACTIVITIES
The Center for Sustainable Stewardship, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, operates CSS Farms and hiking trails. Within the Big East Fork Valley, you may participate (depending upon season and availability) the following activities: hiking, horseback riding, biking, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boating, fishing, horseshoes, shuffleboard, bocci ball, sunset watching, farm animals to meet, edible foraging, fire circles, music making, play acting, yoga, and dancing.
Guests of Fork Inn Lodging who have purchased a day pass can access the common areas at the Retreat (5375 Big East Fork Rd). Guests with passes may hike, sit/lounge on outside porches, forest bathe on secluded outdoor platforms by a tranquil stream, use the Yoga Studio, explore the organic farm (including petting and feeding Rosie the donkey and our pet goats, Smith and Wesson), and picnic in the Lake Gratitude gazebo. Your user fees help preserve and protect 2300 precious acres of biodiverse species and landscape which all of us (and those who will follow) can enjoy.
Fork Inn Guests may NOT access the Retreat Lodging, porches, sauna, or hot tub unless they have rented the Retreat Center.
To purchase activities below please sign the Liability Waver. Send a picture of the Signed Waiver to bigeastfork@gmail.com to receive activity Pass(es)
One-day pass $10 / person
Two-day pass $15 / person
Fishing $10/person. Catch-and-release. Required TN State fishing license may be purchased in office.
Watercraft (kayak, canoe, paddleboat, paddle board; includes required flotation vest) $10/hr
Free Movie Thursday night 7pm
Print and Bring the following Parking Pass if you are not walking or biking to the Retreat. It will be validated after at least one Retreat Pass is purchased. It covers all the folks coming in that vehicle.
Purchasing a Retreat Pass allows trail hiking, sitting/lounging on outside porches, forest bathing on secluded outdoor platforms by a tranquil stream, exploring the organic farm across the road (including petting and feeding Rosie the donkey and our pet goats, Smith and Wesson), and picnicing in the Lake Gratitude gazebo. Most importantly, purchasing a Retreat Pass allows you to help preserve and protect 2300 precious acres of biodiverse species and landscape which all of us (and those who will follow) can enjoy.
Several MeetUp groups use our facilities for fellowship and music making.