Tennessee
Memphis and the Mississippi bluffs, Shiloh and the Tennessee River, Nashville, the Natchez Trace, the Upper Cumberland's falls, Chattanooga, Knoxville and the Great Smoky Mountains, and the Tri-Cities, in the homeland of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Shawnee and Yuchi peoples.
All of Tennessee, One Map
Tap any dot to discover what makes a place worth the stop.
Plan a Trip
Day-by-day plans — real drive times, honest overnights, and the permit fine print sorted before you leave.
Scenic Drives
The roads themselves — traced end to end, with the stops worth making along the way.
The Great River Road in Tennessee: Memphis to Reelfoot Lake
About 112 miles of the Great River Road in Tennessee, from Graceland and downtown Memphis north on US 51 and TN 78 past Henning and Tiptonville to Reelfoot Lake.
The Natchez Trace Parkway in Tennessee: The Alabama Line to Nashville
About 102 miles of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Tennessee, from the Alabama line past Meriwether Lewis's death site and the Gordon House to the northern terminus near Nashville.
US 441, Newfound Gap Road: Cades Cove to the North Carolina Line
About 59 miles through the Great Smoky Mountains, from Laurel Creek Road near Townsend around Cades Cove, along Little River Road and up US 441 to Newfound Gap on the North Carolina line.
Regions of Tennessee
Each region gathers the parks, towns, drives, and roadside stops that define one corner of the state.
Chattanooga & Southeast Tennessee
Cherokee towns and removal grounds, Chattanooga's riverfront and Black history, Lookout Mountain, the Scopes courthouse, Savage Gulf and the Ocoee River.
Knoxville & the Great Smoky Mountains
Tsiyahi and Kuwohi, Blount Mansion and Fort Southwest Point, Norris Dam, Oak Ridge, the Clinton 12 and Brushy Mountain: East Tennessee's mountains and what was taken.
Memphis & West Tennessee
Chickasaw country, Mississippi bluffs and cotton land: Pinson Mounds, Chucalissa, Fort Pillow, the Lorraine Motel, Sun, Stax, Graceland and the Haley and Turner towns.
Nashville & the Cumberland
Dunbar Cave and Castalian Springs, the Hermitage, Carnton and the Capitol told through the enslaved, Fort Negley, Fisk and the sit-ins, and the Ryman.
Reelfoot Lake & Northwest Tennessee
Reelfoot Lake and the Night Riders, Island No. 10, Carl Perkins, Union City's museum and church, Kentucky Lake parks, Crockett's cabin and Patsy Cline's memorial.
Shiloh & the Tennessee River
Mounds, battlefields and river towns along the Tennessee: Shiloh, Fort Donelson, Pickwick Landing and the Natchez Trace, with the Native and enslaved history told first.
The Natchez Trace & South-Central Tennessee
Natchez Trace country in south-central Tennessee, where Chickasaw and Cherokee homelands meet Polk's Columbia, Pulaski, Old Stone Fort, Lynchburg and Sewanee.
The Tri-Cities & Northeast Tennessee
Long Island and Sycamore Shoals, Jonesborough's Emancipator, Andrew Johnson, the Wilderness Road, Erwin, Vardy and Bristol: Northeast Tennessee's frontier and music.
The Upper Cumberland
From Pickett's rock shelters to Fall Creek Falls: a plateau of waterfalls, New Deal parks, the York and Hull birthplaces, a railroad depot and spa-town springs.
Stories from Tennessee
The histories behind the places — the people, the disasters, the inventions, and the long memory of the land.
