Knoxville’s great (and growing) greenway system
One of the “quality of Life” factors that make living in an area more pleasant is the availability and ease of access to parks and recreation.
Knoxville has an ever growing system of paved greenways leading to those facilities and others such as restaurants, gardens, and other desirable destinations.
Currently there are a little over 40 miles of paved greenways in the Knoxville/Knox County area.
One of my favorites is the Third Creek Greenway which has just been extended and now begins near Papermill Road in Bearden and runs east along Kingston Pike, through Tyson Park, the UT ag campus, along Neyland drive, and ends up at Calhoun’s Restaurant below the Gay Street Bridge.
The whole thing is about 5 miles long and a great bike ride through some beautiful areas included the heavily wooded section above Sequoyah Hills.
The ultimate goal is to have a countywide greenway system to make it possible to bike or walk from most anyplace in Knox County without having to use a car or public transportation.
One huge section now underway will connect the Third Creek Greenway to the Maryville Greenway in Blount County.
It will run from the UT ag campus and the Alcoa Highway Bridge, along UT property, behind the Navy/Marine Corp training facility, another section of UT agricultural property, and on into Bount County ultimately connecting it to the already complete Maryville Greenway.
I can’t wait until this monster section is complete. Imagine riding a bike all the way from downtown Knoxville and along the Tennessee River past the Knoxville Airport, and deep into Blount County through Maryville & Alcoa.
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