Paddling near Knoxville, TN

Set in Knox County where the French Broad and Holston rivers merge about 7 miles upstream to form the Tennessee River, Knoxville is the trailhead for the 652-mile Tennessee RiverLine paddling corridor. Over 50 navigable river miles run through the city limits, and the TVA's Nine Lakes of East Tennessee — including Fort Loudoun, Norris, and Melton Hill — put more than 500,000 acres of water within roughly an hour of downtown.