This indoor trampoline park features birthday parties, groups events, and open jump times for public enjoyment.
A fun mirror maze for the whole family. The facility also hosts indoor bumper cars.
This comprehensive art studio offers a variety of classes for both kids and adults. Classes include, painting, clay, drawing, and mixed media. Birthday parties are available. Tipsy brush classes are also offered for adults.
In addition to general admission experiences, this indoor skydiving facility offers birthday parties and group events.
This popular attraction features both indoor and outdoor fun, including skiing, snowboarding, snow tubing, year-round indoor ice skating, a mountain coaster, wildlife encounter, alpine slide, arcade, mini golf, and amusement rides. This is also the home of an annual month-long October fest, complete with German food and beer.
FREE outdoor splash pad in Knoxville.
This fun center has both indoor and outdoor activities to meet all your needs. Activities include laser tag, mini golf, go karts, and an arcade. Birthday parties are available.
With a goal of promoting Appalachian arts, this studio offers a wide variety of classes suitable for both children and adults. Classes include painting, pottery, weaving, and more. Birthday parties and school groups are welcome!
This amazing LEGO facility allows kids to build and play hands-on with LEGO. Kidz (parents) Night Out, open play times, and field trips are available all throughout the year. The facility also hosts amazing themed birthday parties.
In addition to year round fun, Bricks 4 Kidz offers camp options whenever Knox County Public Schools are closed. These camps include week-long summer camp options. Themes include dragons, minions, pirates, space, transportation and much more!
Play games and win prizes!
At this live-action gaming facility, your family can choose from different themed rooms that you will have 1 hour to to escape from, after being locked inside. Room themes are changed periodically to keep the game fun. Team building experience are available.
This location features both indoor and outdoor water attractions, including a lazy river, indoor and outdoor water slides and a toddler zone. The water park is reserved for resort guests only. If you’re local, there’s no reason why you can’t treat yourself to a little 1 night stay.
This community art studio offers a variety of classes for both kids and adults. Birthday parties are available.
This indoor trampoline park features birthday parties, groups events, and open jump times for public enjoyment.
For kids, Knox County Parks and Rec offers a variety of hands-on educational classes for both kids and adults. The department also offers a variety of sports leagues including, football, soccer, basketball, and baseball. Parks and Rec also offers summer camps and maintains local playgrounds, which offer pavilion rentals for birthday parties.
This paint studio provides step by step instructions to help you create stunning works of art. The studio includes sessions for both adults and kids. Birthday parties are available.
This paint your own pottery studio offers a variety of pottery selections perfect for both kids and adults. In addition to general pottery painting, this facility also offers birthday parties and summer camps.
This multi-functional entertainment facility offers indoor golf, outdoor golf, laser tag, gem mining, bumper cars, a motion ride, an arcade, and escape rooms. Group rates are also available.
This farm offers a HUGE amount of entertainment in once place. Activities include a pumpkin patch, hayride, corn maze, pig races, playground, a large variety of yard games, sandbox, zip lines and more!
This indoor bounce house playground offers open jump times, birthday parties and off-site rentals.
This equestrian center provides general lessons, birthday parties, and camps during school breaks. Skill level instruction ranges form beginner to advanced.
featuring entertainers, floats, music and food!
- Average breakfast price $4.50
- Average lunch/dinner price $9
This locally owned gem serves up authentic Cuban food for both breakfast and brunch. You are such to find all your Cuban favorites including Cuban sandwiches, plantains, and yuca fries. It doesn’t get better than that!
- Average breakfast price $4.75
- Average sandwich/sub price $7/adults, $3/kids
A favorite for both breakfast and lunch, guests rave about the pancakes, which are thankfully served all day! Head on over to their Facebook page, linked below, to read all of the numerous reviews citing them as, “the best pancakes I’ve ever had.” Now that’s a good pancake!
If you hate pancakes (what?!), the cafe also serves a variety of other American breakfast foods, as well as soups, salads, and yummy baked goods. This small locally owned restaurant also offers really affordable prices.
- No breakfast
- Average lunch/dinner price $12/adults, $5/kids
Located in the Old Mill area, this southern homestead turned restaurant has all the charm you’ve been dreaming of for your country vacation. While here you will dine on handcrafted stoneware, hence the sweet little name. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner including steaks, grilled salmon, fresh local trout, Southern comfort foods, and American favorites. You can also enjoy a variety of scrumptious baked goods and desserts including piping hot bread, made from fresh flour milled on-site.
- No breakfast
- Average lunch price $9/adults, $5/kids
- Average dinner price $16/adults, $5/kids
Although the restaurant specializes in catfish, they also offer chicken, steak, and a variety of of other fresh water and seafood options. All the meals here come with “all ‘u can eat vittles” including homemade coleslaw, baked white beans, choice of french fries or homemade mashed potatoes and gravy, delicious southern hushpuppies, and dill pickles & onions slices.
- Average breakfast prices $7
- Average lunch/dinner price $13/adults, $5/kids
Although this fabulous German restaurant is newer, it is quickly becoming an area favorite. The menu features a mix of authentic German dishes, American fare and what I like to call “Germerican” food, like pretzels with beer cheese. Although the kids menu is small, kids are able to make healthier choices by skipping the fries and opting for fruit or apple sauce instead. They also have a wide variety of German beer on tap.
Play games and win prizes!
This all-in-one entertainment stop features amusement rides, mini-golf, go karts, and an arcade. Group rates are available.
Average dinner/lunch price $12
With it’s rustic theme, JT Hannah’ really has an amazing atmosphere. Here they serve up burgers, steaks, ribs, pasta, seafood, salad, and an extensive gluten free menu.
In addition to general admission experiences, this indoor skydiving facility offers birthday parties and group events.
- Average 14 inch pizza price $19.00
- Average price for sandwiches/appetizers $10
This local chain serves up delicious wood fired pizza and has multiple locations throughout the area. In addition to fabulous pizza, they also serve a variety of appetizers, salads, and sandwiches.
This is a weekend-long Christian women’s retreat.
FREE 5 day event features guided hikes, field trips, hands-on workshops, children’s activities and more!
Come celebrate the art and heritage of quilting.
This fast-paced attraction features go karts and an indoor arcade, where you can play games to win prizes.
- Average breakfast price $9
- Average lunch price $9
- No dinner
Sawyers serves up pretty mean burgers and chicken sandwiches for lunch, but breakfast is where they really shine! The offer a wide variety of crepes, pancakes, waffles, in many decadent flavors. Of course, they also serve omelettes, eggs, and the Southern staple, biscuits and gravy. Yum!
This fun center has both indoor and outdoor activities to meet all your needs. Activities include laser tag, mini golf, go karts, and an arcade. Birthday parties are available.
This expansive crime museum features exhibits from a variety of historical and modern crimes. There are also a few interactive portions of the museum, which are geared towards older school aged children and adults.
Parking is at The Island.
- Average breakfast/lunch price $8/adults, $4/kids
Featured in Southern Living Magazine as one of the “South’s Best Flavors,” this small regional chain offers several locations throughout the Smokies. Serving a variety of tasty breakfast items, their claim to fame is, of course, the pancakes. You can even create your stack, choosing from over 10 different toppings!
