Legacy Parks Foundation "Get Out & Play 2017" Guide

Note: not all of the trails and greenways are detailed this guide, but it is a handy reference nonetheless.



Link to the online version --> Get Out

Paved Greenways as Alternative to Sidewalks - Metropolitan Planning Commission

Section 4: Paved greenways as an alternative to sidewalks
The City of Knoxville Department of Engineering or the Knox County Engineering and Public Works Department may approve a paved greenway trail or network of paved greenway trails as an alternative to part or all of the sidewalks required by this ordinance within a new subdivision, if the greenway meets all of the following requirements:

•  Typical 12 feet of paved width, within a typical 30-foot-wide public easement, or as approved by the City of Knoxville Department of Engineering or the Knox County Engineering and Public Works Department.
•  Provides the same or greater connectivity to individual parcels within the development and to external streets as the sidewalk system would.
•  At least part of the greenway is shown in the Knoxville-Knox County Park, Recreation and Greenway Plan; the City of Knoxville Greenway Corridor Feasibility & Assessment Study; or another adopted greenway plan; or the greenway location is approved by City of Knoxville or Knox County staff. 

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Source: http://www.knoxmpc.org/committees/sidewalk/resources/Related%20Documents%20and%20Information/_Walkability%20Ordinance_Draft%205%20(2017-04-26).pdf

June 14 meeting: http://www.knoxmpc.org/meeting/?m=eqjk0nttfj3qcpjmqlvp3gf0i0

New Mural Installed on Ten Mile Creek Greenway in Knox County

Curtis Glover is working on a mural along the Ten Mile Greenway at North Gallaher View and Broome roads. He should finish by the weekend. pic.twitter.com/PW9897LQCF

— Knox Co. Parks & Rec (@knoxcountyparks) March 29, 2017

Newly Cleared Footpath Offers Glimpse of Historic Smoky Mountain Railroad Route

New Crushed Gravel Trail Connects Charter-Doyle Park to Elementary School

New Waterfront Park Features Riverwalk

New Construction on First Creek Greenway in North Knoxville

Notes from Mayor Burchett on Civil War Fortification on Third Creek Greenway

Commemorating Civil War History on Third Creek Greenway

New Trail Connects South Woodlawn to Sam Duff Park

Unique Wooden Bridge on Third Creek Greenway Gets Re-surfaced

I'm a big fan of this structure on Third Creek Greenway. The "asphalt shingle" approach is certainly interesting. Seems like a throwback to 1980s greenway construction methods?

From a Parks and Recreation Facebook post:

https://www.facebook.com/KnoxvilleRecreation/photos/a.417839313616.178056.55039343616/10154954864983617/?type=3&permPage=1

New Greenway "Connector" at Knoxville Botanical Gardens