Local Information

Getting Here

The closest airport is Tyson-McGhee Airport (TYS), which is approximately fifteen (15) minutes from campus. Driving directions can be found below.

Taxi service is also available from the airport to UT and to hotels in Knoxville. The cost from the airport to UT and Knoxville downtown is about $30. Uber and Lyft are also available in Knoxville and surrounding areas.

Downtown Knoxville

The UT campus is located withing walking distance from downtown and Market Square.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The UT campus is located approximately fifty (50) miles from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Fun Facts About Knoxville

• Knoxville is considered the “cradle of country music” it is the place where country music first came down from the hills.
• Author Kurt Vonnegaut was also born in Knoxville. He is best known as a counter culture writer that inspired a generation of hippies to question authority.
• Knoxville is 20 miles south of Oak Ridge National Laboratory which was instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb.
• Knoxville Zoo is the Red Panda Capital of the World, having the greatest success in breeding and survival of baby Red Pandas.
• The soft drink Mountain Dew had its beginnings with Hartman Beverages in Knoxville in the late 1940s.
• Here is a list of famous people whose root are in Knoxville.