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The Temperance Building houses Harriman's museum.

     

 


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Several buildings in the small town of Oliver Springs were used for filming the Homer Hickham-inspired movie "October Sky." This antique shop still displays a sign from the movie.


Attractions

Harriman

Cornstalk Heights Historic District
330 Roane St.
Phone: 865.882.0335

Harriman Heritage Museum
330 Roane St.
Phone: 865.882.0335

Kingston

Fort Southwest Point
1226 S. Kentucky St.
Phone: 865.376.3641
Reconstructed 1797 fort.

Roane County Museum of History
119 Court St.
Phone: 865.376.9211
The museum is located in the old county courthouse, which hosted the Tennessee State Legislature for a day.in 1807.

Oliver Springs

"October Sky" Walking Tour
610 Walker Ave.
Phone: 865.435.2509
Learn which town buildings were used to film the inspirational "October Sky" movie.

Oliver Springs Railroad Depot Museum
610 Walker Ave.
Phone: 865.435.2509

Rockwood

East Tennessee Agricultural Exposition Center
Phone: 865.882.4590

Tamke-Allan Observatory
Caney Creek Road
Public viewings on the first and third Saturdays of each month.


Entertainment

Harriman

Mid Town Drive-In Theatre
Phone: 865.882.6119

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Recreation

Harriman

Emory Golf Course
201 Westbury Heights Dr.
Phone: 865.882.9977

Tri-City Bowling Lanes
Roane State Hwy., 37748
Phone: 865.882.2552

Kingston

Henley Golf Driving Range
1511 Lawnville Road, 37763
Phone: 865.376.3276

Lakeside Golf Course
736 Paint Rock Ferry Road
Phone: 865.376.5397

Southwest Point Golf Course
2000 Decatur Hwy.
Phone: 865.376.5282

Watts Bar Lake
Hwy. 58
Phone: 865.376.4201
More than 750 miles of shoreline for fishing, boating, swimming, camping and skiing.

Midtown

Roane County Park
Phone: 865.882.2640

Rockwood

Rockwood Golf & Country Club
5159 Roane State Hwy.
Phone: 865.354.2121

Mount Roosevelt State Forest
Hwy. 70
Phone: 865.376.4201

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