The extensive grounds embrace a number of buildings, including a springhouse, smokehouse, and log cabins. Tours also include a biographical film about the president's life, a museum exhibiting personal possessions of the Jacksons and the family's elegant Brewster carriage, the Old Hermitage Church and Tulip Grove mansion, home of Andrew Jackson Donelson and his wife, Emily. The site also includes a cafe and museum store offering a wide variety of merchandise. The Hermitage is located 12 miles east of Nashville and is accessible from I-40 East, exit 221. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and the third week in January.
Tours take two hours.
Group rates are available with advance reservations. For current information, call 889-2941, ext. Whether your destination is the Opryland hotel or the Factory Outlets of America followed by a game of Grand Old Golf or dinner at the Nashville Palace, Music Valley is the place to be. Nashville Zoo at Grassmere. Take I-65 south from Nashville to exit 78A, turn left onto Nolensville Road and follow the signs.