15 days in Knoxville & Los Angeles Itinerary

A gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Knoxville embraces music culture.

Your inner history buff will appreciate St. John's Cathedral and First Baptist Church. Get in touch with nature at Clingmans Dome and Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. Get out of town with these interesting Knoxville side-trips: Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Rich Mountain Road, Foothills Parkway Southwest Parking, &more), Townsend (Tuckaleechee Caverns & Mtn Trax) and Gatlinburg (Bootleggers Homemade Wine, Ole Smoky Whiskey Barrelhouse, &more). Next up on the itinerary: don't miss a visit to Market Square, look for all kinds of wild species at Ijams Nature Center, look for gifts at McKay Used Books & CDs, and explore the world behind art at Knoxville Museum of Art.

To find other places to visit, reviews, where to stay, and other tourist information, use the Knoxville online road trip planner.

The Route module shows you all the different ways you can get to Knoxville. Expect a daytime high around 83°F in September, and nighttime lows around 62°F. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 23rd (Wed) to allow time to travel to Los Angeles.

Surrounded by mountain ranges, forests, valleys, beaches, and deserts, the metropolitan area of Los Angeles is home to over 17 million people.

Take a break from the city and head to Venice Beach and Boardwalk and Runyon Canyon Park. Do some cultural sightseeing at The Getty Center and The Broad. Go for a jaunt from Los Angeles to Santa Monica to see Ocean Avenue about 30 minutes away. And it doesn't end there: examine the collection at The Nethercutt Collection, get to know the fascinating history of Venice Canals Walkway, tour the pleasant surroundings at Santa Monica Bay, and see the sky in a new way at Griffith Observatory.

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Fly from Knoxville to Los Angeles in 8.5 hours. Alternatively, you can drive; or take a bus. The time zone difference moving from Eastern Standard Time to Pacific Standard Time is minus 3 hours. Expect a daytime high around 85°F in September, and nighttime lows around 66°F. On the 30th (Wed), wrap the sightseeing up by early afternoon so you can travel back home.