Six Ziplines Over the Woods Behind Barbara Mandrell's Log Mansion
A guided hour on six zip lines strung through the woods of a restored 118-acre country-music estate.
Nashville hands most visitors the same afternoon: Broadway, a honky-tonk, hot chicken. Fifteen minutes north of all that, the city drops away and the Whites Creek hills take over. The zip course runs through the trees on the land behind the log house Barbara Mandrell built in 1988, and the whole tour takes about an hour.
Six lines, the longest stretching up to a thousand feet and running around eighty feet above the ground. Guides hand out helmets and harnesses, run the safety briefing, and clear each person onto the cable.
The listing opens at USD 59.90 per adult for the hour. Children aged six to seventeen book in their own price band. Booking closes sixty minutes before the slot you pick and confirmation comes back instantly. A same-morning decision still works. One booking carries up to eight travelers.
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Every tour here is guided. A staff member fits the harness and helmet, runs the briefing, and clears each person onto the cable. Adventureworks describes the course as suitable for all skill levels and points first-timers to it as the shorter of its two Nashville tours.
Partway through, you can stop and walk back to the starting platform without finishing the tour. That is written into the company's own policy. It does not depend on which guide you draw.
There is also no minimum party size. If nobody else books your slot, the tour runs for your group alone.
A Log House of Twenty-Seven Thousand Square Feet
Mandrell built Fontanel in 1988, at the peak of her career, and named it for the soft spot on a baby's skull. She wanted a place her family could gather. More than forty truckloads of timber came in from Montana. Some of those logs weighed close to two tons. The finished house runs twenty-seven thousand square feet with more than twenty rooms, thirteen bathrooms, five fireplaces, and an indoor pool that converts into a dance floor. Her family lived there until 2002.
After that it spent years as a tourist attraction, then years empty, and landed on Historic Nashville Inc.'s list of at-risk historic properties. A new owner bought it in 2022 and spent years restoring it. The mansion is open again for tours and events, and the zip course shares its 118 acres, which is how an hour in the trees turns into an afternoon on the grounds. The house tours and events are ticketed on their own and sit outside this booking.
The Two Numbers That Decide Whether You Ride
The minimum age is six, and Adventureworks caps participants at under 260 pounds. The listing prints a narrower 50 to 250 pound range for the same tour. The company explains its ceiling as a landing-force question: heavier participants take greater forces on landing. The company adds that athletic participants near the limit generally manage.
Anyone under eighteen needs a signed release if a parent is not along. The tour asks for moderate fitness and the ability to climb stairs. Adventureworks advises against it for pregnant travelers and for anyone with spinal injuries or poor cardiovascular health.
Footwear is enforced:
- Closed toes only. No flip-flops, no sandals, no heels.
- The listing also rules out dresses and skirts.
- Leave watches, rings, and bracelets behind.
- In cold weather, a close-fitting hat and gloves that fit under a helmet.
Rain Is Not a Reason to Cancel
Tours run in the rain, and Adventureworks calls off a slot only for high winds or lightning. A drizzle means a wet tour, not a refund. Bring rain gear if the sky looks like it. The course operates year-round, and the company says most of the time on it is spent in shade.
Two Adventureworks parks serve Nashville and they sit about forty minutes apart. This tour meets at 4225 Whites Creek Pike, and the listing itself warns travelers to check that address before setting out. Arrive at least fifteen minutes ahead of your slot. A missed time slot is neither refunded nor rescheduled.
The last tour of the day leaves at 4:00 PM. All sales on this booking are final, and the ticket is mobile, one per booking. Walk-ups are taken when there is space, though the operator would rather you reserved.
An hour later you are back on the platform you started from, with a whole afternoon on the grounds behind you and Broadway still fifteen minutes down the road.