Day trips from Nashville · Town
Bell Buckle
54 miles from downtown Nashville · about 1 hour
Bedford County, TN
Bell Buckle is a railroad village of about five hundred people with a restored depot-era main street of antique shops and craft studios. It is best known nationally for a festival built entirely around RC Cola and MoonPies.
- Bell Buckle Cafe
- Main street, with live music
- RC Cola and MoonPie Festival
- Held each June
- Admission
- None, for the town or the festival
Permits, fees and access
Free. Shops keep small-town hours, so check before making a weekday trip.
One thing to know first
On festival day the town of five hundred hosts many thousands, and parking becomes the entire problem. Any other day, it is a quiet hour of browsing.
Access rules, fees and closures verified August 15, 2026 against the agency that manages this place. They change, sometimes without notice. Check before you drive.
The neighborhoods closest to it
If this is the kind of Saturday you want a short drive from your front door, these are the parts of Middle Tennessee that put you nearest to it.
I keep this list because it is genuinely how people spend weekends here, and because almost every guide to it is out of date. If you are weighing a move to Middle Tennessee and want to know which part of it puts you closest to the things you actually like, ask me. No pitch.