Tennessee

Sitting on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, the seemingly endless ridges of the Smoky Mountains attract more annual visitors than any other national park in the country. Don’t let that scare you away, it’s not too hard to find a small piece of the park to call your own for the day. Hai...

Situated between Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee lies a region of the Appalachian foothills that is dotted with beautiful state parks full of waterfalls, campgrounds, rivers, hiking trails, rolling mountains, caves, and lakes; perfect for anyone with a desire to explore. If waterfalls make you...

Welcome to Nashville! We are home to some of the greatest musicians, national sports teams, and good ol' honky tonk bars. You may not know that Nashville is also within a short drive to some of Tennessee's most beautiful outdoor spaces that many of those country songs are written about.  Tenness...

1. Foster Falls and Greeter Falls These two amazing waterfalls are close by one another in South Cumberland State Park. It’s definitely worth visiting both in one day. Foster Falls: TRAIL: From the parking lot, it’s about .3 miles to the overlook with a gorgeous view of the falls. Then, you can...

That winter fluff isn't going to magically disappear by itself. It's time to get off the couch, stop binge watching those Netflix shows, and stretch out those legs! Yes, allergy season is in full swing, but there's no reason to be stuck inside with a snotty nose. Load up on those allergy meds, an...

Fire towers are like a hidden treasure waiting to be discovered or an adventure waiting to be found. Fire towers once had a huge role in preventing wildfires but with new technology they have been long forgotten about. Since fire towers were built on the tallest peaks around they can offer a quit...

When I moved to Tennessee, nobody warned me of the abundance of waterfalls I’d find around every corner. In fact, if someone had told me about them, I might not have believed them (many Californians find flowing waterfalls to be somewhat of a myth these days). What I quickly came to learn is that...

Whether you were born and raised in Chattanooga or you’ve only visited briefly, it being the only place to reign as Outside Magazine’s “Best Town Ever” on two occasions comes to no surprise. Now, if you consider yourself an outdoor enthusiast and you haven’t been to Chattanooga, let alone heard o...

Although there was a lack of news coverage, you may have heard of the wildfire that engulfed the Gatlinburg area and Great Smoky Mountain National Park this past November. If not, here's a quick recap.  Tennessee had an extremely dry year in 2016. Small fires broke out here and there but contain...

During the winter, it is not possible to do some of the best adventures around East Tennessee. However, there are still a few adventures that are amazing to do and there are some that are transformed during the coldest times of the year to new amazing adventures.  1. Drive the Cherohala Skyway Th...

The second film from More Than Just Parks is an homage to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a park with an address in Tennessee, but that straddles the border of Tennessee and North Carolina. This park also has bragging rights as the most visited national park in the United States, according ...

Last weekend I tagged along with one of my buddies to a little trip to Indian Boundary Lake by the Tellico Planes in the Cherokee National Forrest. It was a casual small group of friends and we just dropped it all and went to the mountains for a night. It was so good to be with people I didn't re...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) has been a dream of mine for the better part of the last 5 years since I first started backpacking. Like most people with this dream though, I am in a career that doesn’t exactly lend itself to taking five to six months off to plod along in the woods on the way t...

Life is busyness. Life is a grind. Often times, life is merely a string of mundane tasks that demand our attention. Regardless of the path one takes, those truths are inevitable.  But there is always enough time to be intentional about who we want to be and how we want our lives to be lived. Ther...