Surrounding Area
Maryville College is located in Maryville, Tennessee, which just happens to be one of the best places in the nation to live. In 1999, A&E Network's weekly television series A&E Top 10 declared Maryville a city that "has it all." Your Money magazine listed Maryville in its 1999 ranking of the top 12 places in the nation to retire, and the National Strategy Group named it one of "America's Select Cities."
On top of that, Maryville is just a 15-minute ride from Knoxville, a metropolitan area of nearly a half-million residents. Then there are the Great Smoky Mountains, home of America's most popular national park, 20 minutes to the east.
Area Phone Numbers
Download this list of phone numbers or view accomodations for dining and lodging in Maryville and the surrounding area (33 KB PDF file).
Best of Maryville & Blount County
- Foothills Fall Festival; entertainment, exhibits and crafts.
- Foothills Mall; shops, restaurants, and services.
- Food; restauarants such as Aubrey's, Ruby Tuesday, Lucé, Los Amigos, and Lemon Grass Thai & sushi.
- Jazz; at Bracken's.
- The Bard; coffeehouse and specialty drinks.
- The Palace Theatre; café and espresso bar, movies, acoustic concerts.
- Downtown Maryville; shops and cafés.
- McGhee Tyson Airport; Knoxville's airport serving all of East Tennessee and offering daily flights by eight major airlines.
- Townsend; nearby community known as "The Peaceful Side of the Smokies," boasting mountain resorts, bed and breakfast inns, and quaint restaurants.
- www.blountchamber.com
- www.smokymountains.org
- www.nps.gov/grsm
- Local weather
Best of Knoxville
- Old City Historic District; restaurants, nightclubs, and shops.
- Volunteer Landing; a one-mile paved riverwalk with fountains, waterfalls, picnic areas and restaurants.
- Tennessee Riverboat; a two-hour excursion on the Tennessee River.
- Knoxville Museum of Art; exhibitions from around the world.
- Knoxville Zoological Gardens; home to more than 800 animals.
- Two major malls; hundreds of specialty stores.
- Professional sports; minor league baseball, hockey and indoor football.
- www.knoxville.org
