Guides, shops and venues
Guide services, gear shops and venues in Knoxville and East Tennessee, A to Z. Listed from their public websites; they don't pay to be here and are never mixed into the communities.
In Knoxville and East Tennessee · all of the Southeast · all regions · change
- Aspire Parkvenue · Mountain biking · Clinton, TN
Free private park in Clinton with about 20 miles of bike and hiking trails, a pump track and river access.
- Cumberland Falls State Resort Parkvenue · Day hikes · Corbin, KY
State park near Corbin with naturalist-led hikes on botany, reptiles, insects and fungi.
- Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremontvenue · Day hikes · Maryville, TN
Residential learning center in the Smokies near Townsend with public naturalist programs and adult and family camps.
- High Point Climbing and Fitnessvenue · Indoor climbing · Chattanooga
Climbing gym founded in Chattanooga with downtown, Riverside and Cleveland locations, offering classes, clinics and community nights.
- Ijams Nature Centervenue · Birding · Knoxville
Nonprofit nature center and urban wilderness on the Knoxville riverfront with trails and Mead's Quarry, running guided paddles, night hikes, bird banding and nature workshops.
- Mulberry Gap Adventure Basecampvenue · Mountain biking · Ellijay, GA
Mountain bike basecamp near Ellijay with trail access, shuttles, guided rides and hosted events.
- Norris Dam State Parkvenue · Day hikes · Clinton, TN
State park near Clinton with 21+ miles of trails and ranger-led hikes and nature programs.
- Ober Mountainvenue · Skiing & snowboarding · Gatlinburg
Small ski area and adventure park above Gatlinburg with ski and snowboard slopes in winter and attractions in warmer months.
- Onsight Rock Gymvenue · Indoor climbing · Knoxville
Indoor climbing gym in west Knoxville with top rope, lead and bouldering, classes, and monthly community climbing nights including Queer Climbing Night and a BIPOC meet-up.
- Outdoor Chattanoogavenue · Beginners welcome · Chattanooga
City outdoor recreation center by Coolidge Park running guided paddles, hikes, beginner bike classes and history tours.
- Red Clay State Historic Parkvenue · Walking groups · Cleveland, TN
State historic park south of Cleveland with trails and ranger-led programs.