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  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.