State & National Parks
National park system offers everything desired within an hour's drive
Let's cut to the chase: Chattanooga and Asheville, N.C., might have been recognized more as outdoor towns, but Knoxville is just as cool.
Just look at a map. Knoxville lies in the Tennessee Valley, a physiographic region sandwiched between the Cumberland Plateau to the west and the Appalachian Mountains to the east.
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Outdoor attractions beckon visits throughout East Tennessee
By cooper | 10:52 am, 06/07/2007
Whether summer fun means biking or hiking, canoeing or camping, bird watching or backpacking, swimming or skiing, rafting or riding horses, East Tennessee has plenty of parks in which to play.
The nation’s most-visited national park is virtually in our backyard. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers more than 850 miles of maintained trails, ranging from short ones to strenuous treks that may require backcountry camping.
