fun outdoors

2 min read 2022-01-04 12:02:22

The Lodge at Fall Creek Falls opens today

Gov. Bill Lee will be in Spencer, Tennessee, today (1/04) for a 2 p.m. (CT) ribbon-cutting for The Lodge at Fall Creek Falls State Park. Plug 2536

3 min read 2021-04-30 12:01:48

According to Carol Evans, executive director of the Legacy Parks Foundation, Clayton Park is on the list as a potential Beaver Creek put-in for

3 min read 2021-04-30 12:01:06

So, the big news right now is that we’re set to open the Knox County Parks and Recreation Department’s splash pads this Saturday! If you don’t

1 min read 2021-04-28 11:57:05

Zoo Knoxville and the Tennessee Butterfly Monitoring Network (TBMN) will once again host the City Nature Challenge in Knox County. Plus, in 2021, the

1 min read 2021-04-27 11:59:56

Did you see the pink moon and did the pink moon see you?

3 min read 2021-04-23 12:01:40

The New Harvest Park Farmers’ Market kicked off Thursday with 15 vendors, and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs ringing the bell to get the

2 min read 2021-04-23 11:58:56

Michelle Marciniak will join the fifth anniversary charity cycling event: Ride Tennessee. Marciniak, who was a part of the inaugural charity cycling

1 min read 2021-04-23 11:57:25

The UT Arboretum Society joins the American Eagle Foundation (AEF) for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of their resident

4 min read 2021-04-16 12:01:14

We had our crews out at New Harvest Park this week, putting down mulch and getting the splash pads ready for our next big event. And what’s that

2 min read 2021-04-16 12:00:11

Adding a vigorous native vine to your backyard habitat brings all kinds of fun surprises. All of those surprises are pleasant – as long as you

4 min read 2021-04-09 12:01:57

As the rain threatens to make this a short week for the folks out in the field, the Knox County Parks and Recreation crews have been hustling all

1 min read 2021-04-09 11:59:31

Love sports and live sporting events? The Visit Knoxville Sports Commission has launched an annual raffle that will provide one lucky person two

5 min read 2021-04-02 12:01:29

It might have been a short week (due to the Good Friday holiday) and the weather handcuffed us a bit, but the Knox County Parks and Recreation

4 min read 2021-03-26 11:01:33

Our Parks and Recreation crews were out in force, working like a (cliché alert!) bunch of busy beavers this week! We had one crew over at Melton

3 min read 2021-03-19 12:01:49

First, a big shout out to our latest group to participate in the Knox County Parks and Recreation Department’s Adopt-A-Park program. Thanks to