Zip | Location | Cost | Destination | web | map | Description |
Categories (See Specific Destinations Below) | ||||||
Multiple | Free | Libraries | web | Click on "web" link to see list and links to area libraries. | ||
Multiple | Free | Local Parks | web | Click on "web" link to see list and map links to area parks. | ||
Specific Destinations | ||||||
37830 | Oak Ridge | Free | New Hope History Center | web | Located within the New Hope Center at Y-12, the History Center houses a fascinating collection of informational materials and historical artifacts that chronicles Y-12's early missions. Normal hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; other times by appointment. | |
37830 | Oak Ridge | Free | Oak Ridge Art Center | web | Oak Ridge Art Center (Free) (See right side panel of homepage) | |
37830 | Oak Ridge | Free | UT Arboretum | web | UT Arboretum | |
Clinton | Free | Anderson County Senior Center | web | Anderson County Senior Center has a variety of activities going on each day. | ||
Free | Anderson County Visitors Center | web | Anderson County Visitors Center | |||
Knoxville E | Free | Beck Cultural Exchange Center | web | Beck Cultural Exchange Center (Free) | ||
Cades Cover | Free | Cades Cove | web | Cades Cove is a nice drive and you can stop at different spots along the way. (Incontinence may be an issue though. Bathrooms are only at the beginning and the end.) | ||
Knoxville E | Free | Chilhowee Park | web | Chilhowee Park has a duck pond you can go to. They also have different events going on during the year. | ||
Rocky Top | Free | Coal Creek Miners Museum | web | Coal Creek Miners Museum | 201 South Main St. | P. O. Box 223 | Rocky Top, TN 37769 | 865-340-3269. Museum Hours: Monday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | ||
Knoxville S | Free | Fort Dickerson Park | web | Fort Dickerson Park has a beautiful view over an old rock quarry and has a short trail with details about the fort during the war. Pause at the overlook to see the former marble quarry, full of swimmers and paddlers on sunny days. But the main attraction is 300 feet up, a well-preserved earthen fort used by Union Troops 1863-65, one of 16 built around Knoxville for protection from the Confederate Army. | ||
Farragut | Free | Concord Park | web | The little sandy beach at The Cove at Concord Park is an awesome place to sit in the sun and people watch. | ||
Knoxville DT | Free | Frank McClung Museum | web | Frank McClung Museum (Free) (865-974-2144, See bottom of website) | ||
Knoxville | Free | Girl Scout Museum | web | Girl Scout Museum (Free) | ||
Knoxville S | Free | Ijams Nature Center | web | Ijams Nature Center has a museum, animals, walking trails, and daily activities that are free | ||
Knox Co | Free | Knox County Visitors Center | web | Knox County Visitors Center - Blue Plate Special is another music performance that is free. The WDVX Blue Plate Special® is a live performance radio show held at noon, with your host Red Hickey Monday through Friday and Doug Lauderdale on Saturday, at the WDVX studio inside the newly remodeled Knoxville Visitor Center. Here’s the calendar. It’s always free to join in so please don’t be shy. Make yourself at home as part of the WDVX family. From blues to bluegrass, country to Celtic, folk to funk, rockabilly to hillbilly, local to international, it all part of the live music experience on the WDVX Blue Plate Special. You’re welcome to bring your lunch. | ||
Knoxville UTK | Free | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum | web | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum | ||
Knoxville DT | Free | Knoxville Museum of Art | web | Knoxville Museum of Art (Free) | ||
Free | Krutch Park | web | Krutch Park | |||
Knoxville DT | Free | Market Square | web | Market Square usually has an event or activity going on, but if not; Krutch Park is there and is filled with different sculptures and art to walk around and look at. | ||
Knoxville W | Free book box |
McKays bookstore | web | McKays bookstore- they also have a bin of free books. | ||
Norris | Free | Norris Dam Visitor Center | web | Norris Dam Visitor Center is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April through November. | ||
Roane Co | Free | Roane County Visitors Center | web | Roane County Visitors Center - 865-376-4201 (See bottom of webpage) | ||
? | Free | Seven Islands State Birding Park | web | Seven Islands State Birding Park- offers hikes and information about birds. | ||
? | Free | Smokey Mountain Flea Market | web | Smokey Mountain Flea Market- Only on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. | ||
Knoxville S | Free | South Knox Community Center | web | South Knox Community Center does Pickers and Grinners every Friday morning starting at 9:30am. A few local bands come and play music. It is free and refreshments are served. | ||
Pigeon Forge | Free | The Island in Pigeon Forge | web | The Island in Pigeon Forge is a nice spot to walk around and relax in the rocking chairs. | ||
Knoxville DT | Free | The Sunsphere | web | The Sunsphere is open from 9am-10pm daily. Can go to the top to the observation deck and look over Knoxville. | ||
Knoxville DT | Free
for Seniors Children |
Three Rivers Rambler | web | Three Rivers Rambler – Guests can seasonally hop on the Three Rivers Rambler excursion train in downtown Knoxville at the University Commons deport to take rides through history. The Rambler passes historical sites, farmland, the first area settled in Knoxville and the Three Rivers Trestle where the French, Broad and Holston Rivers merge to form the Tennessee River. Discounted rates for toddlers, children, seniors and infants are FREE. | ||
Knoxville DT | Free | web | Blue Plate Special is another music performance that is free. The WDVX Blue Plate Special® is a live performance radio show held at noon, with your host Red Hickey Monday through Friday and Doug Lauderdale on Saturday, at the WDVX studio inside the newly remodeled Knoxville Visitor Center. Here’s the calendar. It’s always free to join in so please don’t be shy. Make yourself at home as part of the WDVX family. From blues to bluegrass, country to Celtic, folk to funk, rockabilly to hillbilly, local to international, it all part of the live music experience on the WDVX Blue Plate Special. You’re welcome to bring your lunch. | |||
37725 | 3901 US-411, Dandridge, TN 37725 | Free | Bush's Visitor's Center | web | BUSH'S® Visitor Center in Chestnut Hill, Tennessee, where you can trace the values and events that made BUSH'S BEST® what it is today. And it's all housed in the original A.J. Bush & Company general store, founded in 1897. | |
37371 | 4 Mayfield Lane, Athens, TN 37371 | Free | Mayfield Dairy Farms Tours | web | Visit Mayfield's Athens, TN dairy to see for yourself how your favorite Mayfield products are made with a fun and educational behind-the-scenes tour! | |
Knoxville UTK | Free | web | Lady Vols softball games are free and are available in the spring. | |||
Misc. | Free | web | Different Recreation Centers in the area offer different activities each day and can be found on their parks and recs website. |