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Spring 2026 Hikes & Blooms
& Additional Trails & Gardens Events

  • Hikes & Blooms: William Hastie Trout Lily Hike
    Hikes & Blooms: William Hastie Trout Lily Hike
    Multiple Dates
    28 days to the event
    Apr 02, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    William Hastie Natural Area, 1302 Margaret Rd, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Apr 02, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    William Hastie Natural Area, 1302 Margaret Rd, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • Hikes & Blooms: William Hastie Trout Lily Hike
    Hikes & Blooms: William Hastie Trout Lily Hike
    Multiple Dates
    28 days to the event
    Apr 02, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
    William Hastie Natural Area, 1302 Margaret Rd, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Apr 02, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
    William Hastie Natural Area, 1302 Margaret Rd, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • Hikes & Blooms: Dean's Wood Wildflower Hike
    Hikes & Blooms: Dean's Wood Wildflower Hike
    Multiple Dates
    33 days to the event
    Apr 07, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Dean's Woods, 3101 Germantown Ln, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Apr 07, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Dean's Woods, 3101 Germantown Ln, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • Hikes & Blooms: Dean's Wood Wildflower Hike
    Hikes & Blooms: Dean's Wood Wildflower Hike
    Multiple Dates
    35 days to the event
    Apr 09, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    Dean's Woods, 3101 Germantown Ln, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Apr 09, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    Dean's Woods, 3101 Germantown Ln, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • Hikes & Blooms: Ijams Nature Center
    Hikes & Blooms: Ijams Nature Center
    40 days to the event
    Apr 14, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Apr 14, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • Hikes & Blooms: UT Arboretum (Guided Bird Walk)
    Hikes & Blooms: UT Arboretum (Guided Bird Walk)
    Multiple Dates
    41 days to the event
    Apr 15, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    University of Tennessee Arboretum, 901 S Illinois Ave, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
    Apr 15, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    University of Tennessee Arboretum, 901 S Illinois Ave, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • Hikes & Blooms: UT Arboretum
    Hikes & Blooms: UT Arboretum
    Multiple Dates
    44 days to the event
    Apr 18, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    University of Tennessee Arboretum, Oak R, 901 S Illinois Ave, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
    Apr 18, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    University of Tennessee Arboretum, Oak R, 901 S Illinois Ave, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • West Hills Neighborhood Spring Celebration
    West Hills Neighborhood Spring Celebration
    44 days to the event
    Apr 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    West Hills Greenway, 409 Vanosdale Rd, Knoxville, TN 37909, USA
    Apr 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    West Hills Greenway, 409 Vanosdale Rd, Knoxville, TN 37909, USA
    Join the West Hills neighborhood as they celebrate the 2026 Dogwood Trail season!
  • Spring Featured Gardens: Saturday
    Spring Featured Gardens: Saturday
    44 days to the event
    Apr 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Various Locations (See Event Information)
    Apr 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Various Locations (See Event Information)
    Celebrate East Tennessee’s natural beauty at our Spring Featured Gardens event!
  • Spring Featured Gardens: Sunday
    Spring Featured Gardens: Sunday
    45 days to the event
    Apr 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Various Locations (See Event Information)
    Apr 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Various Locations (See Event Information)
    Celebrate East Tennessee’s natural beauty at our Spring Featured Gardens event!
  • Hikes & Blooms: Dean's Wood Wildflower Hike
    Hikes & Blooms: Dean's Wood Wildflower Hike
    Multiple Dates
    47 days to the event
    Apr 21, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Dean's Woods, 3101 Germantown Ln, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Apr 21, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Dean's Woods, 3101 Germantown Ln, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • Hikes & Blooms: Racheff House & Gardens
    Hikes & Blooms: Racheff House & Gardens
    49 days to the event
    Apr 23, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
    Ivan Racheff House, 1943 Tennessee Ave, Knoxville, TN 37921, USA
    Apr 23, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
    Ivan Racheff House, 1943 Tennessee Ave, Knoxville, TN 37921, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • Hikes & Blooms: Collier Preserve (Native Plant Walk)
    Hikes & Blooms: Collier Preserve (Native Plant Walk)
    Multiple Dates
    51 days to the event
    Apr 25, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    Collier Preserve, 330 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN 37849, USA
    Apr 25, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    Collier Preserve, 330 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN 37849, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​
  • Hikes & Blooms: Collier Preserve (Tree Walk)
    Hikes & Blooms: Collier Preserve (Tree Walk)
    Multiple Dates
    54 days to the event
    Apr 28, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Collier Preserve, 330 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN 37849, USA
    Apr 28, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Collier Preserve, 330 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN 37849, USA
    Dogwood Arts wants to encourage you to get out on the trails! Get out, get active, and enjoy the natural beauty of our area!​

WALKING TRAILS 
OPEN YEAR-AROUND

Focusing on the idea of stepping out into our community, the trails are at least one-mile in length and folks are encouraged to walk, run, or bike these trails.  Don’t forget to snap some pictures while you’re on the trail, and share them with us––we would love to feature them on social media. Just tag us in your posts (@dogwoodarts) or use #dogwoodtrails so we can see them!

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NORTH

4TH & GILL

The corner of East Glenwood & Luttrell Street at Brownlow School, Knoxville, 37917  

  • Check the special event mailbox at trail entrance for guided map during the month of April.

ADAIR PARK

1807 Adair Drive, Knoxville, 37918

Google Map

OLD NORTH KNOXVILLE

1421 N. Broadway, Knoxville, 37917

  • 100 block of West Glenwood Ave in the parking lot of Rose Mortuary

  • Google Map

EAST

KNOXVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN & ARBORETUM

2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, 37914

SEVEN ISLANDS WILDLIFE REFUGE

2809 Kelly Lane, Knoxville, 37914 

  • ~5 miles, great for birdwatching

ALCOA

MARYVILLE ALCOA GREENWAY

636 Vose Road, Alcoa, 37701 

  • 9 miles, paved

SPRINGBROOK PARK

1561 Dalton Street, Alcoa, 37701 

  • 16 miles of greenways

ROANE COUNTY

BETTY BROWN TRAIL

Kingston City Park, 333 W Race St, Kingston, 37763 

  • *Lovely paved 3 mile trail that also links to the Fort South West Visitor Center. 

  • 3 miles one way, paved

HAMBLEN COUNTY

TROUT LILY TRAIL

2010 Panther Creek Road, Morristown, 37814

  • This 2 mile trail has many spring flowers to enjoy

SEVIER COUNTY

CHESTNUT TOP TRAIL / SCHOOL HOUSE GAP LOOP

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, 37738

  • 6.3 miles; great for wildflower viewing

MEMORIAL RIVER GREENWAY TRAIL

Located on both the west and east banks of the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River between the Gatlinburg Highway Bridge and the Chapman Highway Bridge. 

  • 2 miles of walking/running trail along the waterfront

SOUTH

IJAMS NATURE CENTER

2915 Island Home Avenue, Knoxville, 37920 

  • 3.62 miles, paved; 11.8 miles, natural trails

  • Google Map

WILLIAM HASTIE PARK

1302 Margaret Road

  • Close to Ijams Nature Center 

  • 6.5 miles of trails

WEST

GRIGSBY CHAPEL GREENWAY

at the corner of Campbell Station Road and Campbell Lakes Drive, Knoxville, 37934  

  • Perfect for biking. Parking available at 11700 Campbell Lakes Drive.

  • 2.25 miles, paved

TEN MILE CREEK GREENWAY

200 N. Peters Rd, Knoxville, 37923

SEQUOYAH GREENWAY

Entrance at 1400 Cherokee Boulevard, Knoxville, 37919 

  • 2.6 miles one way, crushed gravel

CONCORD PARK TRAILS

10901 Northshore Drive, 37772

  • Next to PetSafe Dog Park 

  • 10 miles of trails

OAK RIDGE/ANDERSON COUNTY

HAW RIDGE PARK

821 Old Edgemoor Road 

  • 35 miles of dirt trails for hikers and bikers

MELTON HILL GREENWAY

697 Melton Lake Drive 

  • 8 miles roundtrip

UT ARBORETUM

901 S. Illinois Ave, Oak Ridge 

  • 6 miles, not dog-friendly

NORRIS

NORRIS SONGBIRD TRAIL

2121 Norris Freeway 

  • This gravel 2.3 mile loop is a beautiful flat path below the Norris Dam and is across from the Lenoir Museum. 

LOUDON COUNTY

MEADOW LOOP TRAIL & RIDGE TOP TRAIL LOOP

338 Fort Loudoun Road, Vonore, 37885 

  • Both of these trails are located in the Fort Loudoun State Historic Park and are under 5 miles long

EAST LAKESHORE TRAILS

Highway 95, Tellico. 

  • 30 miles of trails, several trailheads

MORGAN COUNTY

EMORY TRAIL

Frozen Head State Park, 964 Flat Fork Road, Wartburg, 37887 

  • An easy 1-mile family hike with flowers and two waterfalls  

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