Bearden

What it’s like

Walk-to-dining pockets, boutique retail, and easy errands, with a range of home ages from bungalows to newer infill.

Highlights

• Bearden “Restaurant Row” along Kingston Pike
• Homberg Place shops
• Central location between downtown and West Knoxville

Getting to know Bearden

Bearden grew up as a village on the old pike between Knoxville and points west, and it still works like one: a string of local restaurants, boutiques and services along Kingston Pike — the stretch locals call Bearden Village — with established streets of bungalows and mid-century homes tucked right behind the storefronts.

The Homberg Place district adds another pocket of shops and eateries, and Everly Brothers Park (named for the duo’s Knoxville years) anchors the village center. The Third Creek Greenway threads through the area, connecting Bearden by bike path toward the University of Tennessee and downtown.

Its position is the practical draw: roughly ten minutes to downtown one way and to the West Knoxville retail belt the other, with I-40 access at Papermill Drive.

Getting around

Kingston Pike runs the length of the area; quick I-40 access via Papermill; ~10 minutes to downtown.

Nearby commercial corridors: Kingston Pike · Northshore Drive · Papermill Drive

Official local sources — Bearden

Public, official links so you can research the facts yourself — we point at the sources rather than editorializing the data.

• City of Knoxville — Parks & Recreation — city parks, community centers and programs
• Outdoor Knoxville — greenways, trails and outdoor programs
• Knox County Schools — official district site — look up zoned schools for any address
• Knox County Public Library — branch locations and hours
• KGIS Maps (Knoxville–Knox County GIS) — parcels, zoning, flood layers and aerial maps for any property