Farm Tours
Farm Tours
***We now have tour availability for July and we have exciting updates coming in 2027!! Please visit the link below to book a tour. We cannot book tours over the phone.
We’re making improvements to our farm tour experience! During this transition, guests can still enjoy a modified tour that offers a behind-the-scenes look at life on our dairy farm. If you have taken our tour before, please note this tour will no longer include robotic milking.
Visit our farm to meet some of our dairy cows and learn how we care for them each day. Your guided tour will take you through one of our cow facilities and provide insight into the daily operations that keep our family farm running. You’ll learn about our herd, the milking process, animal care, and what it takes to operate a modern dairy farm.
Before or after your tour, be sure to stop by our farm store to browse our products and enjoy the beautiful farm setting. Visit our cheese shop in the building next door to see where we make our delicious cheddar cheeses and enjoy a complimentary cheese tasting.
Whether you’re a local visitor or traveling through East Tennessee, we look forward to sharing our farm with you and giving you a glimpse into life on the farm.
Planning a Group Tour?
Groups of more than 20 guests:
Please complete our group tour request form using the link below.
Families and groups of 20 guests or fewer:
Book your tour directly using the link below.
We can’t wait to welcome you to Sweetwater Valley Farm!
Cost
- Adults: $10
- Children 3-11: $6
- 2 and under: FREE
DURATION:
Estimated 1 hour.
Tour Details- 2026
To Know before your tour:
- All tours are accompanied by a guide
- Do we milk with robots? Not anymore! But we have an exciting new way of milking and will have a new tour coming in 2027!
- What is included in the tour? A 45 minute guided viewing of our cow living facility and an general overview of our operation
- Tours are limited to 20 people per tour hour
- Our tour is mostly indoors with the exceptional of a brief walk to our cow facility and feed shed. Tours will continue even with rain
- We recommend tennis shoes or comfortable shoes for the tour
- Please arrive no later than 20 minutes prior to the tour time you want to take in order to get signed up and prepared for the tour
- Pets of any kind are not allowed in the tour facility (service dogs only see below)
- We do not schedule tours over the phone- please book using the provided link above
- With the exception of the walk down to our tour facility, the duration of the tour is in a climate controlled environment. The tour is handicap accessible
- We do not do refunds or credits for tours unless we have to cancel it on our end
- If you show up late for your tour, you will have to wait to go on the next tour time we have available.
- We are located in the Eastern Time Zone
- For groups over 20 people, please fill out our form on this page to see about scheduling. If you have 20 people or less, you can book your own tour directly on here. We do not schedule tours for groups of 30 people or less
- For large groups, we do require a preorder if your group wants to eat lunch in our cafe. Our cafe is very small though so we cannot always accommodate all groups. It depends on the size of your group
- If at anytime anyone becomes disruptive to the guide and others by yelling, screaming, running, talking loudly over others, etc. they will be asked to leave the tour. We want to ensure everyone has the best experience and can hear our guide speak at all times. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated.
- There is no calves on our tour
- There is no milking cows on our tour
PET POLICY
We welcome all service dogs as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and they are permitted inside the Visitor’s Center buildings. Dogs only whose sole function is to provide assistance or emotional support are not defined as service animals by the ADA. For full guidelines, please see the ADA website by Clicking Here
Hours of Operation
Tours are offered MOST but not every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11am and 12:30pm. Please arrive 20 minutes prior to tour start time. Booking for our new schedule will be open soon. Please click “book a tour” to view our availability schedule and make sure we have the day and time you want available before planning your trip to the farm.