The Villas of Emerald Woods is in a prime, highly sought-after location in West Knoxville.
Emerald Woods is conveniently located less than 2 miles from Interstate 40 and less than 3 miles from Pellissippi Parkway, I-140.
The City of Oak Ridge, TN, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are not far, thanks to the community's close proximity to Pellissippi Parkway. Pellissippi also connects the community easily to Maryville and Alcoa, TN, and their employment centers including Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) and Knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport.
Just past Maryville and Alcoa lies the country's most visited national park, The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the one of the nation's favorite theme park, Dollywood. Emerald Woods residents can easily be in the Smoky Mountains for a picnic, fishing, hiking, site-seeing, rafting or horseback riding for a day trip in less than an hour.
Emerald Woods is also a quick drive down the highway from Pellissippi State Community College (11 min.), The University of Tennessee and Downtown Knoxville (16 min.), home to Market Square and the popular Market Square Farmer's Market, the historic Tennessee Theatre, Bijou Theatre and Mast General Store on Gay Street.