Things To Do in the Tri-Cities
Your weekend guide — parks, trails, attractions, sports, arts, and more across the region.
Abingdon Episcopal Church
📍 Abingdon VA
One of the oldest Episcopal church congregations in the Virginia Highlands, St. Thomas in Abingdon occupies a historic Gothic Revival stone …
Learn more →Abingdon Farmers Market
📍 Abingdon VA
One of Virginia's most acclaimed small-city farmers markets, the Abingdon Farmers Market operates on the grounds of the Farmers Market build…
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Abingdon Olive Oil Company
📍 Abingdon VA
This artisan olive oil and balsamic vinegar shop in the heart of Abingdon's Main Street offers free tasting of ultra-premium extra virgin ol…
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📍 Abingdon VA
A specialty olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting boutique in downtown Abingdon offering an extensive selection of ultra-premium extra virg…
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Abingdon Vineyard & Winery
📍 Abingdon VA
Abingdon Vineyard & Winery produces estate-grown wines from vineyards planted on the rolling agricultural lands of Washington County, Virgin…
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Abingdon Vineyard & Winery
📍 Abingdon VA
A boutique estate winery on the outskirts of Abingdon producing estate-grown vinifera and hybrid wines from vineyards overlooking the pastor…
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Allandale Mansion
📍 Kingsport
Allandale Mansion is a stunning 1933 Colonial Revival estate that serves as Kingsport's premier historic house museum and event venue, showc…
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Allandale Mansion
📍 Kingsport
A grand Colonial Revival estate built in 1916 for James Carroll, a prominent Kingsport businessman, now preserved as a historic house museum…
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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
📍 Greeneville
The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site preserves three historic properties associated with America's 17th president: his early tailor sho…
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📍 Greeneville
A National Park Service site in the heart of Greeneville preserving the home, tailor shop, and grave of America's 17th president — Andrew Jo…
Learn more →Appalachian Caverns
📍 Regional
A commercial show cave in Blountville at the heart of the Sullivan-Washington county line, featuring guided lantern tours of dramatically de…
Learn more →Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center
📍 Regional
A natural science education center at Roan Mountain State Park serving the Cherokee National Forest ecosystem with interpretive programming …
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Appalachian Trail Corridor
📍 Regional
The Appalachian Trail passes through six of the seven counties in the Tri-Cities coverage area — Carter, Johnson, Washington TN, Sullivan, a…
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Appalachian Trail — Damascus Section
📍 Regional
Damascus, Virginia serves as the Appalachian Trail's most celebrated town passage, with the trail running directly through the center of tow…
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Appalachian Trail — Watauga Lake Section
📍 Regional
The Appalachian Trail's section through Carter County traverses some of its most remote and rugged Tennessee terrain, crossing the high brid…
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AT Watauga Lake Hike
📍 Regional
The Appalachian Trail section through Carter County descending to the shores of Watauga Lake offers one of the most rewarding AT day hikes i…
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Backbone Rock Recreation Area
📍 Regional
Backbone Rock is a geological wonder — a 50-foot-thick fin of ancient rock through which the U.S. Forest Service has carved what is said to …
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📍 Regional
Home to what is reputed to be the world's smallest national recreation tunnel — a blasted-rock railroad tunnel just wide enough to hike thro…
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📍 Regional
A Cherokee National Forest recreation area along Beaverdam Creek featuring the world's smallest national recreation tunnel — a 20-foot rock …
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Barter Theatre
📍 Abingdon VA
Barter Theatre, Virginia's official State Theatre, has been producing professional theater in its historic 1833 building since 1933, when fo…
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Barter Theatre
📍 Abingdon VA
America's longest continuously operating professional theatre, founded in 1933 and designated Virginia's State Theatre, the Barter presents …
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Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium
📍 Kingsport
Bays Mountain Park is one of the most remarkable city-operated nature parks in the American South, encompassing 3,000+ acres of forested rid…
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Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium
📍 Kingsport
A 3,500-acre nature preserve and science center perched atop Bays Mountain above Kingsport, featuring a live animal complex with river otter…
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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
📍 Bristol
A Smithsonian-affiliated museum on State Street Bristol commemorating the landmark 1927 Bristol Sessions — the foundational commercial recor…
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Black Barrel Brewing
📍 Johnson City
A Johnson City craft brewery specializing in barrel-aged and specialty craft beers with a rotating tap list of experimental and seasonal rel…
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Black Barrel Brewing Company
📍 Johnson City
Black Barrel Brewing is Johnson City's beloved craft brewery, producing a rotating lineup of ales, lagers, stouts, and seasonal specialties …
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Boone Lake
📍 Regional
Boone Lake is a 4,410-acre TVA reservoir on the South Fork Holston River straddling Washington and Sullivan Counties, offering outstanding b…
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Boone Lake
📍 Regional
A 4,400-acre TVA reservoir spanning Washington and Sullivan counties on the South Fork Holston River, offering boating, fishing for largemou…
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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
📍 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
📍 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
📍 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
📍 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
📍 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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Buffalo Mountain Park
📍 Johnson City
Buffalo Mountain Park offers Johnson City residents and visitors over 700 acres of forested mountain terrain with a network of hiking trails…
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Buffalo Mountain Park
📍 Johnson City
A 750-acre city-owned mountain park rising directly above Johnson City's urban core, offering a network of trails through second-growth fore…
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Carnegie Hotel
📍 Johnson City
A boutique luxury hotel built on the site of the historic Carnegie Library in downtown Johnson City, featuring 77 elegantly appointed rooms,…
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Carter County Courthouse
📍 Elizabethton
Carter County's handsome courthouse, serving the county seat of Elizabethton, stands as a symbol of civic life in a county with deep Appalac…
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Carter Mansion State Historic Site
📍 Elizabethton
The Carter Mansion, built circa 1780, is the oldest frame structure in Tennessee and one of the oldest European-built structures west of the…
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Carter Mansion State Historic Site
📍 Elizabethton
The oldest existing frame house in Tennessee, the Carter Mansion in Elizabethton was built in the 1770s by John Carter — the first settler i…
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Carvers Creek Greenway
📍 Johnson City
Carvers Creek Greenway is a developing multi-use trail corridor connecting neighborhoods across Johnson City along a restored creek ecosyste…
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Carvers Creek Greenway
📍 Johnson City
A developing greenway corridor following Carvers Creek through eastern Washington County, connecting neighborhoods and natural areas with a …
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Cherokee Lake
📍 Regional
Cherokee Lake, impounded by TVA's Cherokee Dam on the Holston River, offers 30,300 acres of water recreation including fishing, boating, wat…
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Cherokee Lake
📍 Regional
A 30,300-acre TVA reservoir stretching across Hawkins and Jefferson counties with over 400 miles of shoreline, offering largemouth and small…
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Cherokee National Forest
📍 Regional
Tennessee's only National Forest encompasses 650,000 acres divided into north and south sections, with the northern unit wrapping around the…
Learn more →Chuckey Covered Bridge Area
📍 Regional
The rural Chuckey community on the Greene-Washington county line preserves the historic agricultural landscape of the Nolichucky River botto…
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Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area
📍 Regional
The Clinch Mountain WMA encompasses over 26,000 acres of rugged ridge-and-valley terrain straddling Hawkins and Grainger Counties, offering …
Learn more →Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area
📍 Regional
A 37,000-acre Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency management area spanning the Clinch Mountain ridgeline between Hawkins and Hancock countie…
Learn more →Clinch River Tailwater Fishing
📍 Regional
The tailwater releases from Norris Dam create world-class cold-water trout fishing in the Clinch River below the dam — within driving distan…
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Creeper Trail Bike Shop (Adventure Damascus)
📍 Regional
A full-service bicycle outfitter in Damascus providing Virginia Creeper Trail bike rentals, shuttle services to Whitetop Station for the fam…
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Damascus Bicycle Outfitters
📍 Regional
The hub of Damascus's thriving outdoor recreation economy, Damascus Bicycle Outfitters rents bikes for Virginia Creeper Trail rides, provide…
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Damascus Bicycle Outfitters & Creeper Trail Access
📍 Regional
Damascus serves as the premier gateway for Virginia Creeper Trail cycling, with multiple outfitters offering quality bike rentals, helmets, …
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Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park
📍 Regional
Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park marks the site where the legendary frontier hero, congressman, and Alamo defender was born on August 17,…
Learn more →Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park
📍 Regional
A Tennessee state park marking the August 17, 1786 birthplace of David 'Davy' Crockett along the Nolichucky River in Greene County. The park…
Learn more →Doe Creek Valley Scenic Drive
📍 Regional
A scenic drive through the high Doe Creek agricultural valley in Johnson County, passing working farms, historic churches, and traditional A…
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Doe Mountain Recreation Area
📍 Regional
Doe Mountain Recreation Area is an 8,600-acre Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency managed area developed into one of the premier mountain bi…
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📍 Regional
A 8,600-acre mountain recreation area managed by the Doe Mountain Recreation Authority, featuring 40+ miles of purpose-built singletrack mou…
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Doe River Covered Bridge
📍 Elizabethton
The 1882 Elizabethton Covered Bridge is a rare surviving example of a 19th-century Howe truss covered bridge, spanning the Doe River in the …
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Doe River Gorge
📍 Regional
The Doe River Gorge is a dramatic natural canyon carved by the rushing Doe River through the lower slopes of Roan Mountain, offering a spect…
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Doe River Gorge Zipline & Adventures
📍 Regional
A privately operated outdoor adventure center within the spectacular Doe River Gorge offering zipline canopy tours over the rushing river go…
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Elizabethton City Pool and Recreation Center
📍 Elizabethton
Carter County's primary public aquatic facility offering an outdoor pool, water slides, and a splash pad for community swimmers during the s…
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Elizabethton Covered Bridge
📍 Elizabethton
The Elizabethton Covered Bridge, spanning the Doe River since 1882, is one of the oldest and most photographed covered bridges in Tennessee …
Learn more →Embreeville State Forest
📍 Greeneville
A 900-acre Tennessee state forest in Greene County on the Nolichucky River offering primitive camping, trout fishing, hiking trails, and exc…
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ETSU Campus
📍 Johnson City
East Tennessee State University's 366-acre campus in Johnson City is a hub of cultural, educational, and athletic activity open to the commu…
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ETSU Reece Museum
📍 Johnson City
The Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University showcases rotating and permanent exhibitions spanning Appalachian history, natural scien…
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ETSU Reece Museum
📍 Johnson City
A free-admission university art and natural history museum on the East Tennessee State University campus housing Appalachian folk art, pre-C…
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Exchange Place Living Farm
📍 Kingsport
A meticulously restored 19th-century plantation farmstead preserved as a living history site in Kingsport, featuring period-costumed interpr…
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Exchange Place Living History Farm
📍 Kingsport
The Exchange Place is a remarkably preserved 1850s farm complex that served as a crossroads trading post for travelers moving between the Gr…
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Fort Patrick Henry Lake
📍 Kingsport
The reservoir formed by TVA's Fort Patrick Henry Dam on the South Fork Holston River borders Warriors' Path State Park and provides boating,…
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Founders Park at Cherokee
📍 Johnson City
Founders Park at Cherokee is a beautifully designed urban green space in the heart of downtown Johnson City featuring an amphitheater, splas…
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Founders Park at Cherokee
📍 Johnson City
A beautifully landscaped downtown riverside park along the South Fork Holston River tributary in Johnson City, featuring an amphitheater, sp…
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Freedom Hall Civic Center
📍 Johnson City
Johnson City's primary large-venue civic facility hosting ETSU basketball, major concerts, trade shows, graduation ceremonies, and regional …
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General Morgan Inn
📍 Greeneville
The General Morgan Inn, named for Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan who was killed in Greeneville in 1864, occupies a meticulously…
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📍 Greeneville
A meticulously restored 1884 historic hotel in downtown Greeneville named for Confederate cavalry general John Hunt Morgan, offering 51 eleg…
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Glenrochie Country Club
📍 Kingsport
Glenrochie Country Club is a traditional championship golf course in Kingsport featuring a well-maintained 18-hole layout with mature tree-l…
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Gray Fossil Site & Museum
📍 Regional
The Gray Fossil Site is one of the most significant paleontological discoveries in North American history, preserving a 4.5-million-year-old…
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Graysburg Hills Golf Course
📍 Regional
Graysburg Hills Golf Course is a scenic 27-hole layout spread across rolling farmland in the Nolichucky River valley, consistently rated amo…
Learn more →Graysburg Hills Golf Course
📍 Regional
A semi-private 27-hole golf course on the Sullivan-Greene county border at Chuckey, featuring rolling fairways through mature hardwood fores…
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Greene County Heritage Museum
📍 Greeneville
The Greene County Heritage Museum chronicles the full sweep of the county's history from Cherokee occupation through the deeply divided Civi…
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Greene County Heritage Museum
📍 Greeneville
A community history museum documenting Greene County's cultural heritage from Cherokee occupation through the pioneer settlement era, Civil …
Learn more →Greeneville Bypass Trail System
📍 Greeneville
A developing network of paved and natural surface trails connecting Greeneville's parks, schools, and residential neighborhoods through the …
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Hagy's Catfish Hotel
📍 Johnson City
A legendary lakeside roadhouse on Boone Lake that has served fried catfish, hush puppies, and Southern sides to Washington County families f…
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Hale Springs Inn
📍 Regional
Hale Springs Inn, built in 1824, is Tennessee's oldest continuously operating inn and one of the most historically significant buildings in …
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Hale Springs Inn
📍 Regional
Tennessee's oldest continuously operating inn, built in 1824, offering nine antique-appointed guest rooms in the heart of Rogersville's Nati…
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Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area
📍 Regional
A protected 722-acre state natural area in Carter County harboring one of the finest examples of mixed mesophytic cove forest in the Souther…
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Hawkins County Courthouse
📍 Regional
The Hawkins County Courthouse stands as a monument to Tennessee's judicial heritage, occupying a site where courts have served since 1788 — …
Learn more →Highlands Fellowship Community
📍 Abingdon VA
A prominent Abingdon congregation whose campus includes community meeting spaces, a food pantry, and community programming accessible to the…
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Historic Abingdon Downtown District
📍 Abingdon VA
Abingdon's downtown historic district is among the most beautifully preserved in the American South, featuring over 20 blocks of 18th- and 1…
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Historic Abingdon Downtown District
📍 Abingdon VA
One of the best-preserved 18th and 19th-century historic districts in the Appalachian South, Abingdon's downtown contains over 20 blocks of …
Learn more →Historic Courthouse Rogersville
📍 Regional
The 1836 Hawkins County Courthouse in Rogersville is one of the oldest continuously operating courthouses in Tennessee, a Greek Revival bric…
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📍 Regional
Tennessee's second-oldest town, founded in 1786, preserves a remarkable concentration of antebellum commercial and residential architecture …
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Historic Jonesborough District
📍 Jonesborough
Founded in 1779, Jonesborough is Tennessee's oldest town and a National Register Historic District where over 40 antebellum and Victorian-er…
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Historic Rogersville District
📍 Regional
Rogersville's historic district preserves one of the most intact collections of 18th- and 19th-century architecture in Tennessee, with over …
Learn more →Holston Mountain Trail
📍 Regional
A rugged, lightly traveled backcountry ridge trail in the Cherokee National Forest traversing the full Holston Mountain massif between Hampt…
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Holston Mountain Trail — Johnson County Section
📍 Regional
The Holston Mountain Trail is a challenging 26-mile ridgeline route through the Cherokee National Forest in Johnson County, traversing the f…
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Holston River Tailwaters Fly Fishing
📍 Regional
The South Holston River tailwater below the South Holston Dam is widely regarded as one of the finest trophy trout fisheries in the eastern …
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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 …
Learn more →Iron Mountain Trail
📍 Regional
A spectacular multi-day ridge trail running the full length of Iron Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest above Johnson County, offering …
Learn more →Johnson County Courthouse
📍 Regional
The Johnson County Courthouse in Mountain City, Tennessee's highest county seat, anchors the compact downtown of this remote Appalachian com…
Learn more →Johnson County Public Library
📍 Regional
A community anchor in the Johnson County seat, the public library provides internet access, genealogical research resources, community meeti…
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Kingsport Greenbelt
📍 Kingsport
A 10-mile paved multi-use trail running through the heart of Kingsport along the South Fork Holston River corridor, connecting parks, neighb…
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Kingsport Greenbelt Trail System
📍 Kingsport
Kingsport's Greenbelt trail system runs over 11 miles along the Holston River and through the city's green spaces, providing a continuous no…
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Kingsport Public Library System
📍 Kingsport
Sullivan County's primary public library system with a main branch in downtown Kingsport and multiple neighborhood branches serving the city…
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Kingsport Renaissance Center
📍 Kingsport
Kingsport's multi-purpose arts and cultural center houses the Kingsport Art Guild gallery, performance spaces, studios for resident artists,…
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Kinser Park
📍 Greeneville
A community park along the Nolichucky River in Greeneville offering camping, river access for fishing and paddling, picnic facilities, and a…
Learn more →Kyles Ford Recreation Area
📍 Regional
A quiet TVA recreation area on a Cherokee Lake tributary in a remote corner of Hawkins County offering primitive camping, boat launching, an…
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Laurel Bloomery Heritage Area
📍 Regional
Laurel Bloomery takes its unusual name from one of the earliest iron bloomery furnaces operated in the southern Appalachians, where local or…
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Laurel Fork Gorge and Falls
📍 Regional
A dramatic backcountry gorge within Cherokee National Forest accessible from the Appalachian Trail corridor near Hampton, featuring a specta…
Learn more →Limestone Cove Recreation Area
📍 Regional
A Cherokee National Forest recreation area in the Limestone Cove community at the base of Unaka Mountain in Unicoi County, adjacent to the C…
Learn more →Little Milligan Creek Greenway
📍 Regional
A quiet community nature trail following Little Milligan Creek through the Milligan College area of Washington County, offering a peaceful w…
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Martha Washington Inn & Spa
📍 Abingdon VA
The Martha Washington Inn & Spa, a National Historic Landmark, is one of the great historic hotels of the American South, operating within a…
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Martha Washington Inn & Spa
📍 Abingdon VA
A National Register luxury inn housed in a grand 1832 Federal mansion in the heart of historic Abingdon, the Martha Washington offers 62 opu…
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Meadowview Marriott Conference Resort
📍 Kingsport
The MeadowView Marriott Conference Resort is Kingsport's premier full-service hotel and conference facility, featuring an 18-hole championsh…
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Meadowview Marriott Resort
📍 Kingsport
Kingsport's premier full-service resort and convention center, Meadowview Marriott features 272 rooms, an indoor waterpark, outdoor pool com…
Learn more →Milligan University
📍 Regional
A nationally accredited liberal arts university in the Milligan College community of Washington County, offering a distinctive campus of Vic…
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Milligan University Campus
📍 Regional
Milligan University's beautiful campus in the Milligan community blends academic tradition with Appalachian charm, featuring historic stone …
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Mountain Empire Older Citizens Senior Center
📍 Johnson City
A comprehensive senior services organization serving older adults throughout the Tri-Cities seven-county region with meal programs, transpor…
Learn more →Natural Dam State Natural Area
📍 Regional
A rare geological curiosity in Hawkins County where the Clinch River flows over a broad natural dam of exposed limestone bedrock, creating a…
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Natural Tunnel State Park
📍 Regional
Natural Tunnel State Park features a 100-foot-wide, 850-foot-long natural limestone tunnel carved by Stock Creek over millions of years thro…
Learn more →Natural Tunnel State Park VA
📍 Regional
Though in Scott County VA adjacent to Washington County VA, Natural Tunnel State Park is within easy day-trip range of the Tri-Cities and fe…
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Nolichucky River Corridor
📍 Regional
The Nolichucky River flows through Greene County in a broad, pastoral valley before dropping into the dramatic Nolichucky Gorge, offering fl…
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Nolichucky River Gorge
📍 Regional
A spectacular roadless river canyon along the Unicoi-Greene county border where the Nolichucky River cuts through a 2,000-foot-deep gorge ac…
Learn more →Nolichucky River Paddling
📍 Regional
Commercial outfitter shuttle and rental services for paddling the legendary Nolichucky River Gorge — a Class III–IV whitewater run through a…
Learn more →Northeast State Community College Arts
📍 Regional
Northeast State Community College's performing and visual arts programming presents concerts, theatrical productions, art exhibitions, and r…
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Northeast State Community College Arts Series
📍 Regional
Northeast State's performing arts series brings professional dance companies, musical ensembles, and theatrical productions to the Tri-Citie…
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Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association
📍 Johnson City
The regional destination marketing organization serving the Tri-Cities seven-county area, the Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association operat…
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Pine Oaks Golf Course
📍 Johnson City
Pine Oaks Golf Course is Johnson City's accessible public 18-hole layout, offering a challenging but playable course set among mature pine a…
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Pine Oaks Golf Course
📍 Johnson City
A public 18-hole golf course on the rolling terrain of western Johnson City offering affordable play for Washington County golfers of all sk…
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Pinnacle Drive Scenic Overlook
📍 Kingsport
A paved scenic drive ascending to panoramic overlook points above Kingsport on Bays Mountain, offering sweeping views of the city, the Holst…
Learn more →Reedy Creek Recreation Area
📍 Regional
A TVA public recreation area in Blountville on the South Fork Holston River offering fishing access, a boat launch, and picnic facilities in…
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Renaissance Center Kingsport
📍 Kingsport
The Renaissance Center is Kingsport's primary arts facility, housing gallery spaces, performing arts venues, studio space for working artist…
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Ridgefields Golf Course
📍 Elizabethton
Ridgefields Golf Course is Carter County's primary public golf facility, an 18-hole layout set against the scenic backdrop of the Doe River …
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Ridgewood Restaurant
📍 Regional
A legendary Sullivan/Washington County barbecue institution operating since 1948, beloved for its slow-smoked pork barbecue sandwiches, home…
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Roan Mountain State Park
📍 Regional
Roan Mountain State Park encompasses the lower slopes of one of Appalachia's most celebrated mountains, offering cabins, a campground, swimm…
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Roan Mountain State Park Cabins
📍 Regional
Tennessee's highest-elevation state park cabin resort offers 30 fully equipped cabins nestled in a spruce-fir forest valley at 2,800 feet el…
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Rocky Mount State Historic Site
📍 Regional
Rocky Mount is a National Historic Landmark preserving the 1772 log home of William Cobb, which served as the first territorial capitol of t…
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📍 Regional
The oldest original territorial capitol building in the United States, Rocky Mount served as the capital of the Territory of the United Stat…
Learn more →Rogersville Telephone Museum
📍 Regional
A unique small museum in Rogersville documenting the history of telephone communication in Hawkins County from the earliest exchanges of the…
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Shady Valley Ecotourism Area
📍 Regional
A high mountain valley at 2,800 feet elevation surrounded by Iron Mountain, Holston Mountain, and Cross Mountain, Shady Valley is one of the…
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Shady Valley Habitat Conservation Area
📍 Regional
Shady Valley's highland bog complex is a nationally significant natural area preserving the southernmost natural cranberry bogs in North Ame…
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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
📍 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
📍 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
📍 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
📍 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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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area
📍 Elizabethton
Sycamore Shoals is among the most historically significant sites in American history — location of the Watauga Purchase in 1775 and the 1780…
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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area
📍 Elizabethton
Though located in Carter County, Sycamore Shoals is the most significant Revolutionary War site in the entire Tri-Cities region, where the O…
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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area
📍 Elizabethton
The site of the first permanent American settlement west of the Appalachians and headquarters of the Overmountain Men's 1780 muster march to…
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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…
Learn more →The Arts Depot
📍 Abingdon VA
Housed in the beautifully restored 1870 Abingdon freight depot, the Arts Depot serves as Washington County VA's community arts center with g…
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The Tavern Restaurant
📍 Abingdon VA
Abingdon's most historic dining establishment, The Tavern occupies a stone and brick building constructed in 1779 — making it one of the old…
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Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site
📍 Johnson City
One of Tennessee's most significant historic properties, Tipton-Haynes preserves the homestead where pivotal events of the State of Franklin…
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Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site
📍 Johnson City
A 10-acre state historic site in Johnson City preserving the home of two of early Tennessee's most significant political figures — John Tipt…
Learn more →Tri-Cities Airport (TRI)
📍 Regional
The Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville serves the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol metropolitan area with commercial flights to region…
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Tri-Cities Airport Area Hotels
📍 Regional
A concentration of national chain hotels in the Blountville airport corridor providing convenient lodging for Tri-Cities visitors arriving b…
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Tri-Cities Greenway Network
📍 Johnson City
The combined paved greenway systems of Johnson City, Kingsport, and Bristol represent one of the most extensive urban trail networks in the …
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Tri-Cities Regional Farmers Market Network
📍 Regional
A network of certified farmers markets operating across the seven-county Tri-Cities region every Saturday morning throughout the growing sea…
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Tri-Cities Veterans Memorial
📍 Johnson City
A solemn memorial park in Johnson City honoring military veterans from the Tri-Cities seven-county region across all conflicts from World Wa…
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Tusculum College Doak House Museum
📍 Greeneville
The 1818 home of Tusculum University's founding president Samuel Doak, a log-and-frame Federal-style house on the Tusculum campus that serve…
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Tusculum University Campus & Doak House Museum
📍 Greeneville
Tusculum University is the oldest college in Tennessee (founded 1794) and one of the oldest in the United States, featuring a campus that bl…
Learn more →Tusculum University Historic Campus
📍 Greeneville
The oldest college in Tennessee, chartered in 1794, Tusculum University's historic campus in Greeneville features a remarkable collection of…
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Tweetsie Trail
📍 Johnson City
The Tweetsie Trail is a beloved 10.2-mile paved rail trail converting the historic East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad corridor…
Learn more →Unicoi County Overlook Drive
📍 Regional
A scenic forest road ascending Unaka Mountain on the Tennessee-North Carolina border — accessible from Unicoi County adjacent to the Tri-Cit…
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Virginia Creeper Trail
📍 Regional
The Virginia Creeper Trail is a 34-mile rails-to-trails conversion following the historic Virginia-Carolina Railway corridor from Whitetop S…
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Virginia Creeper Trail
📍 Abingdon VA
A 34-mile paved and packed-gravel rail-trail stretching from Abingdon through Damascus to Whitetop Station, following the former Virginia Cr…
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Warriors' Path State Park
📍 Kingsport
Warriors' Path State Park follows the ancient Cherokee trading path along the Holston River, offering 950 acres of recreation including a ma…
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Warriors' Path State Park
📍 Kingsport
A 950-acre Tennessee state park on the shores of Fort Patrick Henry Lake offering extensive mountain biking trails, disc golf, lake swimming…
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Warriors' Path State Park Golf Course
📍 Kingsport
The Warriors' Path State Park Golf Course is an 18-hole layout winding through forested terrain along the South Fork Holston River, consiste…
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Washington County Courthouse
📍 Jonesborough
The Washington County Courthouse anchors Jonesborough's historic Main Street with its Greek Revival architecture dating to 1913, standing on…
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Washington County Courthouse Square
📍 Jonesborough
The historic courthouse square in Jonesborough anchors the civic and commercial life of Washington County in a setting of extraordinary arch…
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Watauga Dam and Reservoir Overlook
📍 Elizabethton
TVA's Watauga Dam — one of the highest dams in the eastern United States at 318 feet — impounds the pristine Watauga Lake behind a concrete …
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Watauga Lake
📍 Regional
Watauga Lake is one of TVA's clearest and most beautiful reservoirs, sitting at 1,959 feet elevation in the Cherokee National Forest with 10…
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Watauga Lake
📍 Regional
One of the highest-elevation and most scenic TVA reservoirs in the eastern United States, Watauga Lake sits at 1,959 feet in the mountains o…
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White Duck Taco Shop
📍 Johnson City
White Duck Taco Shop is the flagship Johnson City location of this beloved Appalachian taco concept, serving creative, globally inspired tac…
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White's Mill
📍 Abingdon VA
Virginia's last water-powered gristmill still grinding cornmeal and flour in commercial operation, White's Mill has continuously served the …
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William King Museum of Art
📍 Abingdon VA
The William King Museum of Art is one of the premier art museums in Virginia, housed in an elegant historic building on a hilltop campus ove…
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William King Museum of Art
📍 Abingdon VA
A major regional art museum in Abingdon housed in an 1895 school building on a scenic hilltop campus, featuring permanent collections of App…
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Willow Springs Market
📍 Johnson City
A beloved local Saturday market operating on the east side of Johnson City, featuring produce from Washington County farms, artisan food ven…
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Winged Deer Park
📍 Johnson City
Winged Deer Park is Johnson City's premier lakeside recreation destination, offering miles of multi-use trails winding along the shores of B…
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Winged Deer Park
📍 Johnson City
A 350-acre city park on the shores of Boone Lake in Johnson City offering disc golf, fishing piers, picnic shelters, a dog park, soccer and …
Learn more →Wolf Hills Brewing Company
📍 Abingdon VA
Named for the historic nickname of the Abingdon area derived from a legendary encounter between Daniel Boone's camp and local wolves, Wolf H…
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Yee-Haw Brewing Co.
📍 Johnson City
Johnson City's flagship craft brewery, established in 2014, producing award-winning ales, lagers, IPAs, and seasonals inspired by Appalachia…
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Yee-Haw Brewing Company
📍 Johnson City
Yee-Haw Brewing Company is one of Northeast Tennessee's craft beer pioneers, producing award-winning Mountain Lager, Vienna Lager, and a rot…
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