Newport
Newport is a city in Tennessee with a history of bootlegging and a bit of desperation to make it out of poverty in Appalachia. Though it went through a lot of ups and downs over the years, there aren't a whole lot of singular attractions to visit here.
Get in
Get around
See
- 1 Bush's Visitor Center, 3901 US-411, Dandridge, ☏ +1 800 590 3797. M-Sa 9am-4pm. At this plant's visitor center, you can learn everything you wanted to know about Bush's baked beans.
Do
If downtown, try the 1 Newport Riverwalk along the Pigeon River and admire the Newport cityscape that probably hasn't changed much over time.
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- Best Western Inn, 1015 Cosby Highway.
- Christopher Place Bed and Breakfast, 1500 Pinnacles Way (in the Smoky Mountains near Galinburg), ☏ +1 423-623-6555. Offers a four-course candlelight dinner and rooms and suites with whirlpools, fireplaces, and panoramic mountain views.
Connect
Go next
| Routes through Newport |
Knoxville ← Jct  to Kingsport ← |
W  E |
→ Asheville → Winston-Salem |
Splits into  and  ← |
N  S |
→ Marshall → Asheville |
| Corbin ← Knoxville ← | N  S |
→ Merges onto  |
| Corbin ← Cumberland Gap N.H.P. ← | N  S |
→ Merges onto |
| Nashville ← Knoxville ← | W  E |
→ Marshall → Asheville |
| Johnson City ← Greeneville ← | N  S |
→ Gatlinburg → Lenoir City |
| END ← | N  S |
→ Sevierville → Knoxville via  |