Nashville Greenways Upcoming Events
Welcome to the home page of the Metro Greenways
Commission and Greenways for Nashville! From here, you
can learn about the benefits of
greenways, Metro's greenway projects, the
Greenways Commission, the Greenways
for Nashville organization, upcoming events and
meetings and how to get involved with
greenways. You can also view updated maps of
Nashville's greenways!
The Stones River Greenway features two new tunnels including this one which crosses under Two Rivers Parkway.
What are Greenways?
Greenways are linear parks and trails which connect neighborhoods to
schools, shopping areas, downtown, offices, recreation areas, open
spaces and other points of activity. Often located along natural
landscape features like streams, rivers and ridges, or along built
features, such as railroad corridors and scenic highways, greenways
provide valuable greenspace for conservation, recreation and alternative
transportation. Greenways provide all citizens with barrier-free
access to natural resources and recreational opportunities.
The Greenways Commission of Metro Parks is working to
expand its system of multi-use paved trails and primitive hiking trails
along the Cumberland, Stones and Harpeth rivers, as well as Richland,
Whites, Seven Mile and Mill creeks. These trails will eventually form
a network of corridors which will link communities throughout Nashville.
Latest Downloads
The following publications are available for downloading in PDF format
for viewing with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Find all of our greenway projects, both existing and
in development, mapped out in our new brochure, Nashville Greenways:
A Guide to the Trails and Open Spaces of Metro's Growing System of
Greenways
Click
here to download Nashville Greenways!
Our Vision
We envision Nashville and Davidson County tied together with threads
of green - bicycle paths and hiking trails that connect people to
parks, to downtown, to schools and other areas of activity, to waterways,
hillsides and the animals and plants that live there, and to each
other. A city where natural areas, recreational opportunities, and
non-motorized transportation are within easy reach of all of us.
Contact the Metro Greenways
Commission and Greenways for Nashville at:
Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation Department
P.O. Box 196340
Nashville, TN 37219-6340
(615)862-8400
(615) 862-8430 (Fax)
Send us an e-mail!