Blount Home Education Association
• Jun. 4, 2006 - Summer Fun
FREE FISHING DAY JUNE 10, 2006
License not required. Events planned at various parks
TRACK & FIELD EVENTS for kids - JUNE
The Knoxville Track Club
begins May 30 and runs through June 24. Practices are on Tuesdays &
Thursdays from 6:30 - 8:00 pm at local middle & high schools. The
noncompetitive program is very low-key. Kids can try ANY event they
want. Registration for June is only $35 and includes a T-shirt.
LAKE SWIMMING (free)
Farragut - The Cove on Northshore Dr. has a sandy swimming area.
Lenoir City - Tellico Reservoir in Lenoir City (at the Hwy 444 off-
ramp at the dam, go straight ahead toward the parking lot, then right
for the beach)
Also, Melton Hill Dam State Park (I-40 & H.321)
Powell - Norris Dam State Park 865-426-7461
SPLASH AND PLAY
Northshore Drive--Carl Cowan Park has an awesome sprinkler/water play park. FREE.
World's Fair Park and Volunteer Landing--Both have huge fountains for kids to play in. And Ft. Kidd is right by World's Fair Park. FREE.
POOL SWIMMING (not free) - open Memorial Day
Anderson Co. - Oak Ridge City Pool-425-0554
Blount Co. Pools: Springbrook-983-9244, John Sevier-983-9244,
Knox Co. Pools: Concord-966-1640, South Knoxville-579-3122,
Ed Cothren-544-7840, Inskip Pool-687-9910
Loudon Co. - Loudon City Pool next to the high school
Monroe Co.- Sweetwater Public Pool 423-337-6014
Private Pools (many subdivisions have neighborhood pools)....
Gulfwood
Robindale: Cumberland Estates Subdivision off Western Ave.
STREAM SWIMMING (icy cold!)
Townsend 'Y' - take Hwy 321 south (the signs will say 321 N) to
Maryville and then to Townsend. Continue through Townsend on 321
and stay on that road (even though 321 turns off to the left going to
Pigeon Forge). The road you're on becomes Hwy 73. After a few
campgrounds on the left on the stream, you come to an
intersection called 'The Y' because the road forks left (to
Gatlinburg) or the right (to Cades Cove loop), there is a great
little swimming hole on the left (you may have to turn back around to
find a space in the small parking lot just before that intersection).
No restrooms. Can be bumper-to-bumper traffic on weekends.
METCALF BOTTOMS- another great swimming hole in the Smokies. Follow the above directions but turn off on 321 toward Pigeon Forge. Take Lyon Springs Rd. to the right and follow this. Eventually you'll come to Metcalf Bottoms.
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