Things To Do in the Tri-Cities

Your weekend guide — parks, trails, attractions, sports, arts, and more across the region.

Birthplace of Country Music Museum
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Paid

Birthplace of Country Music Museum

📍 Bristol

This Smithsonian-affiliated museum commemorates the legendary 1927 Bristol Sessions — the recordings that launched country music as a commer…

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Birthplace of Country Music Museum
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Free

Birthplace of Country Music Museum

📍 Bristol

A Smithsonian-affiliated museum on State Street Bristol commemorating the landmark 1927 Bristol Sessions — the foundational commercial recor…

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Bristol Caverns
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Paid

Bristol Caverns

📍 Bristol

Bristol Caverns is an exceptional underground attraction featuring an underground river — believed to be one the Cherokee used as a mountain…

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Bristol Caverns
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Bristol Caverns

📍 Bristol

An underground river cave discovered in the 1880s and open for public tours since the 1940s, Bristol Caverns features a naturally flowing su…

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Bristol Motor Speedway
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Paid

Bristol Motor Speedway

📍 Bristol

Bristol Motor Speedway — 'The Last Great Colosseum' — is one of the most famous short tracks in American motorsport history, featuring steep…

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Bristol Motor Speedway
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Bristol Motor Speedway

📍 Bristol

Known as the World's Fastest Half-Mile, Bristol Motor Speedway is one of NASCAR's most iconic tracks and a civic crown jewel of the Tri-Citi…

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Bristol Public Library
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Free

Bristol Public Library

📍 Bristol

The Bristol Tennessee Public Library serves the western Sullivan County community with a collection emphasizing local and regional history, …

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Bristol Virginia Caverns Historical Area
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Free

Bristol Virginia Caverns Historical Area

📍 Bristol

The Virginia side of State Street Bristol preserves an exceptional collection of 19th and early 20th-century commercial architecture that mi…

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Holston River Tailwaters — Fly Fishing
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Free

Holston River Tailwaters — Fly Fishing

📍 Bristol

The South Fork Holston River tailwater below South Holston Dam is one of the finest trout fisheries in the eastern United States, producing …

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South Holston Lake
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Free

South Holston Lake

📍 Bristol

South Holston Lake is consistently ranked among the finest trout fishing lakes in the eastern United States, a clear, deep TVA reservoir set…

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South Holston Lake
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South Holston Lake

📍 Bristol

A 7,600-acre TVA reservoir stretching from Bristol into Virginia's Washington County, offering some of the finest trout fishing in the easte…

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State Street Bristol TN/VA
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Free

State Street Bristol TN/VA

📍 Bristol

State Street in Bristol is one of America's most unique thoroughfares — the Tennessee-Virginia state line literally runs down the center of …

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Steele Creek Park
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Free

Steele Creek Park

📍 Bristol

Steele Creek Park is Bristol's largest outdoor recreation area, featuring a 56-acre lake for paddleboating and fishing, an 18-hole disc golf…

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Steele Creek Park
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Free

Steele Creek Park

📍 Bristol

At 2,263 acres, Steele Creek Park is the largest municipal park in Tennessee, encompassing a lake with paddleboat rentals, disc golf, miniat…

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Tennessee Ernie Ford Birthplace Marker
🏛️ Attractions & Museums Free

Tennessee Ernie Ford Birthplace Marker

📍 Bristol

The humble Bristol home where legendary entertainer Tennessee Ernie Ford was born in 1919 is marked by a historic roadside marker commemorat…

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