Does your family love watching the Army-Navy Game as much as mine does?
When will the Army-Navy Game air in Nashville?
I’ve checked this year’s Army-Navy Game kickoff time, as well as when the Army-Navy Game will air on our local CBS affiliate, News Channel Five.
Visit the Brentwood Library for free fun holiday events! Have your children’s photos taken with Santa Claus in the gazebo, enjoy a magic show and refreshments on Saturday, December 1.
Then return on Monday, December 3 for the City of Brentwood’s Christmas Tree Lighting and music from the Ravenwood High School Chorus.
My family made a visit to Inside-Out Home Furnishings in Brentwood, TN to view their annual Christmas tree display. Wow! You can see 14 beautifully decorated Christmas trees and choose from an entire lot of artificial trees.
Love holiday decorations and Christmas trees? I have suggestions for creating your very own Nashville Christmas tree tour, with stops at 3 Brentwood stores which offer lavish holiday decorations: ReCreations, Inside Out Home Furnishings, and Trees & Trends.
Looking for fun things to do in Williamson County? Don’t forget the Ag Expo Center just off I-65. I had never ventured to this air-conditioned auditorium until last week’s craft fair, and I was truly impressed.
TWRA stocks winter trout all over Tennessee. We’ve always heard that Marrowbone Lake is one of the best-kept secrets for trout fishing near Nashville. We drove up to Joelton to check it out!
Have a look at our photos, directions to Marrowbone Lake, as well as information on boat rentals and creel limits. Included are links to more Brentwood fly fishing spots, local fly shops and fishing clubs you may find helpful.
Tucked behind a Native American village mound lies one of Brentwood’s oldest structures. The Boiling Springs Academy on Moores Lane East was donated by the Primm family when the Montclair subdivision was built. Now restored, this 1833 schoolhouse is the centerpiece of Primm Park (also the entrance to Brentwood’s bikeway).
Take a look at this historic Brentwood outhouse! Boiling Springs Academy is an 1807 schoolhouse at Primm Park on Moore’s Lane. Visiting schoolchildren take field trips there each fall.
See how the clever restoration team incorporated a working bathroom at this historic site!
My family took a weekend trip to Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green. Only an hour north of Brentwood, Beech Bend is Nashville’s closest amusement park. We loved its old-fashioned atmosphere and slow pace. Older kids may try the wooden rollercoaster and water park slides.
Find out how you can get free admission to the Hermitage, Mansker’s Station, and a handful of other Tennessee museums. It’s all part of the Smithsonian Institute’s national Free Museum Day this September 29th.
If you’re planning Tennessee vacations, you don’t need to go all the way to Gatlinburg to find handmade crafts, historic antiques, and fine art! Fall in Nashville offers unique local festivals that make vacations at home seem special. We have the tips you need to plan your Tennessee fall vacations around the Belle Meade Plantation’s Fall Fest, the TACA Craft Fair at Centennial Park, and the African Street Festival with Fisk University’s art galleries.
Here are some fun things to do for Halloween in Middle Tennessee including Halloween costume shops near Nashville, where to buy Halloween decorations, Gentry’s Farm and other neat pumpkin patches and corn mazes, the best haunted houses and Halloween events.
Looking for a dog park in Brentwood? While there’s not a dog park in the city of Brentwood, there are two dog parks nearby: Maggie’s Bark Park in Franklin and the Edwin Warner Dog Park in West Nashville. We also include information for the Centennial Park, Shelby Park, and Murfreesboro dog parks in Middle Tennessee.
This article includes information on each of Nashville’s fly shops, along with meeting times for both of Nashville’s fly fishing clubs, Trout Unlimited and Middle Tennessee Fly Fishing. We also give your our pick for the best Tennessee trout fishing guide book and links to our own articles about fly fishing near Brentwood.
Come along to the opening of Brentwood’s newest park! Like River Park and Concord Park, Owl Creek Park is located off Concord Road–but much farther to the east, toward Nolensville.
Here’s another place to fly fish near Nashville and Brentwood. The Elk River and Tims Ford Dam tailwater is less than two hours south between Lynchburg and Winchester. We have all the information you’ll need to plan a fishing trip to the Elk River: fishing advice, directions, canoe rentals, hotels and campsites.
It’s rare to find free AND fun things to do with kids in Nashville, but Ellington Agricultural Center’s Summer Saturdays are the exception. Here is the 2007 schedule for this free living history event convenient to Brentwood.
If you love gardening, you’ll love seeing what Master Gardeners and garden experts plant. Here are a few spots near Brentwood where you can make your own Nashville garden tour.
I hope I can convince you to visit one of best free things to do in Nashville! The Ellington Agricultural Center is a historic estate now owned by the state. You can tour demonstration gardens, take a nature hike, peek into log cabins and study heirloom vegetables and antique farming equipment at the Tennessee Agricultural Museum.
Nashville’s best swimming beach is also one of the most fun things to do with kids in Nashville.
Check out Percy Priest Lake photos, get directions to the swimming beach, cost of Corp of Engineer day passes, and links to other swimming beaches around Middle Tennessee.
I took a few shots of a reproduction Tennessee outhouse before bursting into laughter. See what the historic notes on the door had to say about using an outhouse!
Nashville is lucky to have a beautifully restored historic farm, right in the middle of the city! The Nashville Zoo was built on property donated to the city, an estate which visitors can tour as part of their zoo admission. Here’s a virtual walking tour of the Nashville Zoo’s Grassmere Farm and Croft House.
Stuck in Maryland Farms traffic? Take a moment to enjoy the beautiful stained glass windows that grace the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s headquarters at Maryland Way and Franklin Road.
Have you ever noticed the iron horse statues in Maryland Farms? Behind them is a beautiful 7-acre park with jogging trails: Brentwood’s Maryland Way Park.
Brentwood’s best playground for summer fun is the shady play area at Crockett Park. We have photos and directions to this hard-to-find playground in the heart of Brentwood, Tennessee.
