Billed as “The World’s Longest Yard Sale,” the 127 Yard Sale is an annual event that takes place next week, stretching 690 miles and spanning US Highway 127 across six states: Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
The 127 Yard Sale began in 1987 as the brainchild of Mike Walker, a former Fentress County Executive in Jamestown, Tennessee.
He planned the event to encourage travelers to bypass interstate highways such as I-40 and I-75 in favor of scenic routes that would take them through rural communities and allow them to experience what the small towns and cities had to offer. With state parks, historical attractions, scenic drives, waterfalls, opportunities for hiking and biking, rivers and lakes for boating, train rides, horseback riding, fishing, bluegrass music, arts and crafts festivals and more, this provided a great opportunity to bring more visitors to Tennessee and the 127 Yard Sale route.
Now, visitors from across the country, as well as those who have traveled internationally to the sale, enjoy both the yard sales and attractions they can find along the 127 Yard Sale route.