001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 Tennessee RiverLine Experiences 00A 00A National Park and U.S. Forest Service Units Wildlife Refuges Points of Interest 1 Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area 17 Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, Big Sandy Unit 36 River Discovery Center 2 Fort Donelson National Battlefield 18 Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, Duck River Unit 37 Golden Pond Visitor Center, Planetarium and Observatory 3 Shiloh National Battlefield 19 Camden Wildlife Management Area 38 Old Danville Grain Elevator River hio 4 Natchez Trace Parkway 20 Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, Busseltown Unit 39 Tennessee River Folklife Interpretive Center and Museum O 5 Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park 21 Cypress Pond Wildlife Management Area 40 Tennessee Freshwater Pearl Farm and Museum 00B TENNESSEE RIVERLINE 00B IL 6 Manhattan Project National Historical Park 22 Lauderdale Wildlife Management Area 41 Tennessee River Museum MILE 0 23 Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge 42 Florence Indian Mound Museum Paducah State Parks 24 Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area 43 Muscle Shoals Sound Studios 7 Kentucky Dam Village 25 Mallard Fox Creek Wildlife Management Area 44 Cook Museum of Natural Science Kentucky Dam 36 8 Kenlake State Resort Park 26 Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge 45 U.S. Space and Rocket Center 7 9 Paris Landing State Park 27 Mud Creek Public Shooting Area 46 Guntersville Museum 00C 00C 10 Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park 28 Prentice Cooper State Forest and Wildlife Management Area 47 Nickajack Cave 1 11 Johnsonville Historic State Park Snooper's Rock, Tennessee River Gorge Overlook 48 Hales Bar Lock and Dam Ruins 12 Mousetail Landing State Park 29 Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge 49 TVA Raccoon Mountain Visitor Center 13 Pickwick Landing State Park 30 Chickamauga Wildlife Management Area 50 Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute MO 8 37 14 J.P. Coleman State Park 31 Yuchi Refuge 51 Tennessee Aquarium Wheeler State Park and Recreation Area McGlothin-Largen Wildlife Management Area Cherokee Removal Memorial Park at Blythe Ferry 00D 15 32 52 00D 16 Lake Guntersville State Park 33 Kingston Wildlife Management Area 53 East Tennessee Historical Society Museum pi River 34 Paint Rock Refuge 54 VOL Navy sip Murray sis is 35 Forks of the River Wildlife Management Area M KY 2 Tennessee RiverLine Rivers and Reservoirs National and State Parks, U.S. Forest Service Land TVA Undeveloped Recreation Land Other Public Land Urban Area 00E 00E Dover C 9 u TN m b e r la nd R iver Your RiverLine Experiences and Ideas 17 38 00F Use this space to plan your journey on the Paris 00F Tennessee RiverLine or jot down your ideas to make the RiverLine better. Share your il thoughts with us at [email protected]. ra T 10 d ENNESSEE IVER INE n T R L 39 la Parsons r e 53 MILE 652 00G 11 b 6 00G 19 m New Johnsonville u 33 C Knoxville 40 18 Farragut 54 32 Kingston 35 Lenoir City Fort Loudoun Dam 00H 00H y a w k Spring City r Loudon a 34 20 P 12 e c a Watts Bar Dam r T z 00I e 00I h 30 31 c t 21 a N Dayton er iv R e 29 TN e s s e n n e 00J T 4 52 NC00J 41 Savannah NC 28 50 Pickwick Landing Dam 3 Nickajack Dam 48 Chickamauga Dam 00K TN Jasper 00K 13 South Pittsburg Chattanooga 22 AL 49 51 y Florence a 47 w r Wilson Dam 15 e 42 Stevenson t a 00L W 00L 14 23 m 5 o T n n 27 e 45 T Muscle Shoals 24 GA MS Huntsville Wheeler Dam Scottsboro 43 r e iv R e e 00 s 00 s e 25 n n e T Decatur 44 26 Guntersville Dam 16 TENNESSEE RIVERLINE 00N a vision for north america’s next great regional trail system 00N Guntersville 46 The Tennessee RiverLine is a system of trail experiences that provides users with continuous access to the 652-mile river and its 470,000-acre system of nine reservoirs, as well as the national and state parks, wildlife refuges, TVA recreation land and existing trails that line its banks. The river and these publicly-accessible lands add up to a 1.17 million-acre “park” for valley residents and its visitors to enjoy. 00O N 00O The Tennessee RiverLine connects this landscape, its dynamic communities, countless points of local and regional interest and numerous existing opportunities to hike, bike and paddle, but it is much more than a recreational trail. The RiverLine is a strategic W E investment in economic, social and environmental infrastructure that has the potential to Want to get involved? transform communities and the river itself. 00P 00P Learn how at tnRiverLine.org S Learn more at tnRiverLine.org 0 MI 20 MI 40 MI 60 MI 80 MI SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 Graphics Created By : Daniel Rose 3rd Year Dual Master of Architecture / Master of Landscape Architecture and Dustin Toothman A RIVER AT 3rd Year Dual Master of Architecture / Master of Landscape Architecture RISK The Tennessee RiverLine Partnership is a diverse group of river advocates committed to building a shared vision for the Tennessee RiverLine and stewarding it toward implementation. Rivers are the foundations of our communities, sustaining populations and economies that have sought to tame and harness This growing partnership, comprised of tourism professionals, them over time. The Tennessee River Valley has become one of scholars, planners, agency leaders and non-profit directors, is the most desirable places to live, work and play in the country. driven by the support of the following entities for the However, the demands that communities place on the river, Tennessee RiverLine vision: coupled with a changing climate, threatens its future health and resiliency, and in turn our own. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • THE NATURE CONSERVANCY • TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY • TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY Land use patterns along the river separates it from the STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL • SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE TOURISM communities it supports. This separation limits the public’s ability ASSOCIATION • UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SCHOOL OF to experience the river and witness its beauty, while the LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE • UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, degradation of the river’s banks and water quality compromises CHATTANOOGA, INTERDISCIPLINARY GEOSPATIAL the health of its fragile ecosystems. TECHNOLOGY LAB • TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH • When our social consciousness and economies drift away from TENNESSEE STATE PARKS • CITY OF KNOXVILLE • LOSE & our river heritage, communities once intimately linked by this ASSOCIATES • RIVER DISCOVERY CENTER (PADUCAH) • conduit of commerce, people and ideas stand to lose their sense TENNESSEE AQUARIUM of connection to one another, to the river and to their identity as part of something much larger: the Tennessee River Valley. www.tnRiverLine.org [email protected] The great challenges of the river’s present offer great opportunities for its future. By reintroducing the valley to its great river, the Tennessee RiverLine seeks to inspire new thinking From Knoxville to Paducah, the Tennessee River stretches 652 amongst its many generations of committed stewards–both young miles and touches four states: Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and old–about our relationship with this valuable resource. and Kentucky. Its 41,000-square mile watershed is home to more than 4.5 million residents, over half of whom live in communities along its banks. million The Tennessee River, its tributary system and its contributing watershed form a diverse territory defined by celebrated and iconic landscapes. High mountains, rolling hills and gentle valleys, highland rims and coastal plains bid the river passage from its origin in East Tennessee to its confluence with the Ohio watershed River in Western Kentucky. A vision for a continuous system of multi-modal trail experiences along the Tennessee River from Knoxville, TN, to Paducah, KY, A river of such splendor deserves to be seen and experienced that... by all. The Tennessee River, as one of North America’s great mile million acres rivers, merits the development of a great river trail. square square celebrates the beauty, diversity and history of the watershed Tennessee River Valley connects the people and communities of the valley to each other, to their river heritage and to the Tennessee residents River landscape catalyzes new investments, economic opportunity, STORIES social health and ecological stewardship In Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, the 652-mile tennesseeRiverLine www.tnRiverLine.org reach of the Tennessee River touches 31 counties and dozens of cities, towns and rural communities: WORTH TELLING @tnRiverLine [email protected] KNOXVILLE LOUISVILLE FARRAGUT LENOIR CITY The Tennessee River Valley is home to some of our nation’s most LOUDON KINGSTON ROCKWOOD SPRING CITY important histories, modern accomplishments and ecological A TRAIL LIKE NO DAYTON CHATTANOOGA SIGNAL MOUNTAIN JASPER treasures. KIMBALL SOUTH PITTSBURG • ALABAMA • It was on the banks of the Tennessee River where the Cherokee BRIDGEPORT STEVENSON SCOTTSBORO LANGSTON Indians began their journey westward, forced from their ancestral OTHER GUNTERSVILLE HUNTSVILLE DECATUR ROGERSVILLE lands by way of the Trail of Tears, a landscape that was later host The Tennessee RiverLine is unlike any other trail system of similar to pivotal battles of the American Civil War. KILLEN FLORENCE MUSCLE SHOALS WATERLOO length. It will connect and expand access to the Tennessee River • MISSISSIPPI • EASTPORT IUKA • TENNESSEE • RED Valley’s scenic public lands, including those managed by the The landscape of the Tennessee River is also home to important Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Forest Service, U.S.