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Geographic region of Tennessee
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East Tennessee is a region of Tennessee that covers roughly the eastern third of the state, generally locations east of the edge of the Cumberland Plateau.
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Home of Bristol Motor Speedway
Home of the Chattanooga Choo Choo and the Tennessee Aquarium.
A City with Spirit
Golf Capital of Tennessee and the Cumberland County Playhouse. Home of Fairfield Glade.
Bible versus Darwin on trial
Where early American frontiersmen duked it out
Farragut is in Knox County, Tennessee.
Gateway to the Smokies
One of America's Most Charming Towns & Villages
Harriman and Rockwood are cities in Eastern Tennessee.
Jellico is a small city in Eastern Tennessee.
Johnson City is a city in Eastern Tennessee. With a population of 71,000 in 2020, the city is the 8th largest in the state.
The Model City
Kingston is a city in Tennessee. This seat of Roane County was a frontier town back in 1792 centered around Fort Southwest Point.
Home of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Kodak is a small community in Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lenoir City is a city in Tennessee.
Home to the Foothills Fall Festival & Maryville College
Morristown is in Eastern Tennessee. Settled in the years just after the Revolutionary War, around 1787, Davy Crockett once lived here.
Mountain City is in Eastern Tennessee, in the northeastern corner of the state. It is the county seat of Johnson County.
The Secret City
Ocoee is in the United States in the state of Tennessee.
Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, 5 mi (8.0 km) north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Rugby is in Eastern Tennessee.
The Appalachian Trail (AT) travels 2,198.4 mi (3,538.0 km) between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, following the Appalachian Mountain Range through 14 states. It was designated a United States National Scenic Trail in 1968.
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area that straddles the regions of Eastern Tennessee and Kentucky's Daniel Boone Country.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States national park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and an International Biosphere Reserve that straddles the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. Because of its substantial size, its location within a few hundred miles of several large cities, its year-round accessibility, and of course its general appeal to a wide variety of people, it consistently ranks as the most-visited national park in the United States of America, with 9-10 million visits per year.
Pickett State Park is a state park in Eastern Tennessee.
Dollywood is a major attraction located on the border between Pigeon Forge and Sevierville, Tennessee. It consists of DreamMore Resort, Dollywood Cabins, Dollywood Amusement Park, and Dollywood's Splash Country.
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