Maryville-Alcoa Greenway:
Tennessee
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Description:
From the Trail Website (www.blountweb.com/greenwaytrails): The Maryville-Alcoa Greenway is a 9-mile trail connecting Springbrook Park in Alcoa with the Bicentennial Greenbelt and Sandy Springs Park in Maryville.

Springbrook Park, located in Alcoa, has a circular trail of 1.5 miles that features a pond, memorial trees, wild flowers, picnic tables and a playground, and the Alcoa Swimming Pool. Parking and restrooms are provided next to a recreation building and pavilion with tennis courts, on Dalton Street.

The Greenway starts near the swimming pool, passes Alcoa Elementary School and Alcoa High School, crosses Springbrook Road near Edison Road and continues beside Pistol Creek to Maryville.

At the city line for Alcoa and Maryville is the zero" mile marker. From that point north through Alcoa is 5 miles and south through Maryville is 4 miles.

The Greenway joins the Bicentennial Greenbelt Park trail at the parking lot across from the present site of the Blount County Library. A circular trail of 2.5 miles features a lake and dam, fitness stations, a picnic pavilion and restrooms. The trail passes near the old Sky City property that will be the future site of the Blount County Library. There is access from the Chamber of Commerce parking lot, 201 South Washington Street, Maryville, by turning right onto the sidewalk at the Church Street exit and taking the steps down to the trail. The Greenway continues from Bicentennial Park, starting across Lamar Alexander Parkway from behind the Blount County Courthouse.

The Greenway follows Pistol Creek, passing near Sam Houston Elementary School and Maryville Middle School to Sandy Springs Park.

Sandy Springs Park features trails, tennis and basketball courts, softball fields, playground, restrooms and picnic tables.

The Greenway starts again across from the Best Street parking lot in Sandy Springs Park, continuing beside Pistol Creek and turning to follow Montgomery Lane to Mize Lane and Foothills Elementary School.
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Parking & Trail Access:
Maps of the trail are available on the Trail Website (www.blountweb.com/greenwaytrails).
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Great for walking, but not much for biking
By rsamas on March 19, 2010
We biked the Maryville-Alcoa Greenway trail on a spring Friday afternoon (March 2010). It was not a trail we would bike again. Signage and maps are both poor. There are many small paths leading from/to the main trail, and non are marked as such. Very easy to get lost or take a wrong turn. It is a slow, frightening, and frustrating ride.

The trail is wonderful for walking but frightening to bike. Many narrow areas, sharp turns over bridges with center pole barriers, blind spots, etc. There is one spot where you could easily take a wrong turn and go off a steep embankment -- I almost did it even though it was my second time through there.

Best place to ride if you're going to do it is north of Bicententenial Greenbelt Park (about in the middle of the trail) up to and around Springbrook Park. Use the loop that is west of Hall Road (35), it is really very pretty and a nice, but short ride. If you use the eastern part of the loop that goes along Springbrook Road be prepared to be lost for a while.
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