Johnson City
Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S.
Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. Located in an Appalachian valley near the Boone Lake impoundment of the Watauga River, Johnson City is Tennessee's eighth-most populous city, with a population of 71,046 as of the 2020 Census. Johnson City is the largest city of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Tri-Cities (Tennessee-Virginia) region of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, which contains Kingsport, Tennessee and Bristol, Tennessee and had a population of 585,041 at the 2020 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Johnson City
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01East Tennessee State University
East Tennessee State University is a public research university in Johnson City, Tennessee. As of 2026, it is the fourth-largest university in the state by student enrollment.
3.3 km · university · Wikipedia - 02James H. Quillen College of Medicine
The James H. Quillen College of Medicine is a medical school and a part of East Tennessee State University, which is located in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is one of two public medical schools in Tennessee, the other being the University of Tennessee College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
3.7 km · medical college of East Tennessee State University · Wikipedia - 03Mountain Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
The Mountain Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was an old soldiers' home opened in 1904 in Mountain Home, Johnson City, Tennessee. Its site has since been taken over by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and is home to the Mountain Home National Cemetery and the James H. Quillen VA Center.
2.6 km · old soldiers' home opened in 1904 in Mountain Home, Johnson City, Tennessee · Wikipedia - 04Rocky Mount, Tennessee
Rocky Mount, in Piney Flats, Tennessee, also known as the Cobb-Massengill House, was the first territorial capital of the Southwest Territory. The property of William Cobb, the original residence at Rocky Mount served as the territorial capital from 1790 to 1792.
8.5 km · house in Tennessee, United States of America · Wikipedia - 05Sabine Hill
Sabine Hill, also known as Happy Valley, Watauga Point, and the General Nathaniel Taylor House, is a historic house in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The two-story Federal style building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
8.7 km · house in Elizabethton, Tennessee · Wikipedia - 06William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
William B. Greene Jr. Stadium is a football stadium on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee.
3.9 km · football stadium at East Tennessee State University · Wikipedia - 07Henry Hoss House
The Henry Hoss House is a historic house in Jonesborough, Tennessee, U.S.A., although not within the Jonesborough Historic District. It was built somewhere between 1859 and 1860 for Dr.
9.2 km · historic house in Jonesboro, Tennessee · Wikipedia - 08Milligan University
Milligan University is a private Christian university in Milligan College, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1866 as the Buffalo Male and Female Institute, and known as Milligan College from 1881 to May 2020, the school has a student population of more than 1,300 students, most of whom live and study on its 355-acre campus.
7.3 km · Christian liberal arts college in Tennessee · Wikipedia
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Getting to Johnson City
- Airports
- McGhee Tyson (TYS), 157 km · Charlotte Douglas (CLT), 179 km · Piedmont Triad (GSO), 219 km
- Knoxville/Maryville → Johnson City146 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · $14–19
- Charlotte → Johnson City182 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · $19–26
- Greensboro → Johnson City231 km · quickest by road, 4h 57m · $22–30
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Next door to Johnson City
- Wataugahuman settlement in Tennessee, United States of America7.7 km
- Boones Creekhuman settlement in United States of America7.7 km
- Providence Academyprivate, coeducational school in Johnson City, Tennessee, United States6.2 km