 Population:
44,905 (City)
150,965 (County)
480,415 (SMSA)
Climate:
Average Temperature is 58˚F
Precipitation: 41.3 inches
Snowfall: 18 inches
Elevation: 1,212 feet
Location:
Northeast corner of Tennessee bordering Virginia
Taxes:
State Tax: 7 percent
Local Tax: 2.5 percent
Kingsport and the Tri-Cities have been ranked
by Golf Digest Magazine as one of the Best Places to Live in
the U.S. for golfers.
Kingsport was named as one of the Top Ten Cities
in which to Walk by Walking Magazine.
Kingsport's popular Greenbelt is a 10-mile walking
and biking trail that extends from one end of the city to the
other, winding its way along the Holston River and through
beautiful open meadows, marshlands, historic sites, flower
gardens, quaint neighborhoods and even shopping and eating
destinations.
Kingsport is home to the historic Netherland
Inn, the nation’s only registered historic landmark that was
both a stage stop and a boatyard.
The historic 200-mile Daniel Boone Wilderness
Trail started in Kingsport and blazed the pathway to the western
frontier for hundreds of thousands of settlers.
Kingsport is home to Bays Mountain Park, a 3,500-acre
nature preserve with 22 miles of hiking and biking trials,
a 44-acre reservoir lake, nature center and museum, planetarium
and native wildlife habitats. Bays Mountain is the nation's
largest municipally-owned park.
Kingsport is home to Warriors Path State Park,
the most visited state park in Tennessee.
Kingsport is home to Fun Fest, a nine-day summer
family festival that is consistently ranked as one of the Top
20 Events to attend in the Southeast in July by the Southeast
Tourism Society. More than 180,000 people attend more than
100 Fun Fest events each year.
The Fun Fest Crazy 8’s Road Race, which holds
both men’s and women’s 8-K world records, was listed by Blue
Ridge Outdoors Magazine as one of the Top Five Best Road Races
in the South.
Because of its legendary hospitality and first-rate
amenities, popular attractions and visitor accommodations,
Kingsport continues to be selected among cities nationwide
to host numerous Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) National Championships
and other amateur sports tournaments. Thousands of dollars
from tournament proceeds are given to area schools each year.
Kingsport, Tennessee, is within a day's drive
of 70 percent of the U.S. population.
Kingsport is near 5 national parks, 15 state
parks and 6 TVA lakes.
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