Staffed desks

Welcome centers

Sixteen state welcome centers, sorted by region. These have a tourism desk. Rest areas do not.

Tennessee Vacation list

West Tennessee

I-55 Welcome Center, Shelby County

I-55 northbound, mile 3.1 · Memphis

About 3 miles north of the Mississippi line.

(901) 345-5956
I-40 Welcome Center, Shelby County

I-40 eastbound, mile 0.3 · Memphis

Riverside Drive. This center closes in the evening. The others are open around the clock.

(901) 543-6757
I-40 Haywood County Solar Farm Welcome Center

I-40 westbound, mile 44 · Stanton

A westbound stop between Memphis and Jackson.

(731) 779-1212
I-155 Welcome Center, Dyer County

I-155 eastbound, mile 8.7 · Dyersburg

Coming in from Missouri across the river.

(731) 286-8323

Middle Tennessee

I-65 Welcome Center, Robertson County

I-65 southbound, mile 121 · Portland

At the Kentucky line, north of Nashville.

(615) 325-4721
I-24 Welcome Center, Montgomery County

I-24 eastbound, mile 0.4 · Clarksville

At the Kentucky line, northwest of Nashville.

(931) 648-5509
I-65 Welcome Center, Giles County

I-65 northbound, mile 3 · Ardmore

About 3 miles north of the Alabama line.

(931) 468-2654
I-40 Welcome Center, Smith County

I-40, both directions, mile 267 · Carthage

Between Nashville and Cookeville.

(615) 683-6410

East Tennessee

I-40 Welcome Center, Cocke County

I-40 westbound, mile 446 · Hartford

Coming in from North Carolina.

(423) 487-3258
I-81 Welcome Center, Sullivan County

I-81 southbound, mile 75.3 · Bristol

At the Virginia line.

(423) 764-5821
I-26 Welcome Center, Unicoi County

I-26, both directions, mile 46 · Erwin

100 Fiddlers Lane. A photo stop for the new Welcome to Tennessee sign.

(423) 743-4146
I-26 Welcome Center, Sullivan County

I-26, mile 5 · Kingsport

Near the Virginia line on I-26.

(423) 246-0214
I-75 Welcome Center, Campbell County

I-75 southbound, mile 161 · Jellico

At the Kentucky line.

(423) 784-5820
I-75 Welcome Center, Hamilton County

I-75 northbound, mile 0.7 · East Ridge

Just north of the Georgia line.

(423) 894-6399
I-24 Welcome Center, Hamilton County

I-24 eastbound, mile 171.8 · Tiftonia

Near the Georgia line, west of Chattanooga.

(423) 821-2628
I-24 Welcome Center, Marion County

I-24 westbound, mile 160 · Jasper

Westbound, before the climb toward Monteagle.

(423) 942-0933

Rest areas

Rest areas are unstaffed highway pull-offs with restrooms. They are not welcome centers, and they do not have a tourism desk. TDOT lists them separately.

TDOT welcome centers and rest areas