FACILITIES

Explore the greenway on Google Trekker Street View Length: 0.9 mile Portion of: 18 miles of connected greenway system Used for: walking, running, bicycling, walking leashed dogs, skating, pushing strollers, using wheelchairs, roller blading Hours: dawn till dusk Lights: none Difficulty: easy Surface: asphalt Facilities: restrooms and water fountains are located at Volunteer Landing Watershed: First Creek and Tennessee River Blueway: 1 ramp with motorized access at Governor Ned McWherter Riverside Landing Park Connects to: Morningside Greenway, Gov. Ned McWherter/Riverside Landing Park, Neyland Greenway, Volunteer Landing, First Creek Parking: 20 at Gov. Ned McWherter Riverside Landing Park

RIDE THE BUS TO THIS GREENWAY

Route 32 - 5 minute walk Riverside Dr. at Laurans Ave.

City Council District: 6

James White Greenway 

1640 Riverside Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37915

East Knoxville

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James White Greenway offers a beautiful pathway along the Tennessee River.

Directions: Greenway is in the downtown section. Take James White Parkway South to Neyland Drive. Greenway is on the shoreline of Tennessee River, near Gateway Marina.

The James White Greenway is located parallel to the Tennessee River connecting directly to the Neyland Greenway (3.0 miles) at the mouth of First Creek (at Ruth's Chris Steak House) and continuing east to connect to Governor Ned McWherter Riverside Landing Park under the James White Parkway bridge. There, it links north to Morningside Greenway (1.6 miles). The City has plans to continue this greenway across the James White Bridge and eventually to connect to the Will Skelton Greenway (3.62 miles) at Island Home Park.

The James White Greenway runs along the Tennessee River for its entire one-mile stretch, offering a scenic experience for its patrons, as well as the opportunity to view wildlife that may be seen along waterfronts in East Tennessee.

James White Greenway is also part of the CrossKnox Race, running from Haley Heritage Square in East Knoxville all the way to Bearden Elementary School in West Knoxville.

James White (1747-1821) was a pioneer and soldier who founded Knoxville in the early 1790s.  In 1783, White led an expedition into the upper Tennessee Valley where he discovered the future site of Knoxville.  He build White's Fort in 1786 and later donated the land for a permanent city, Knoxville, in 1791.  White represented Knox County at Tennessee's constitutional convention in 1796.

Explore the James White Greenway on Google Trekker Street View (images from Fall 2014)

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