Tour
Learn Rugby’s remarkable story, and tour historic buildings, including the first free public library in the South. Tours Thur/Fri/Sat/ Sundays.
Play
Rugby hosts scores of events each year with festivals, car shows, formal teas, Halloween and Christmas specials, even Irish Road Bowling.
Hike
Ten beautiful hiking trails (of varying difficulty) begin in Rugby and lead into the Rugby State Natural Area & the Big South Fork National Park. Trails OPEN for spring 2021.
Dine
Harrow Road Cafe is now CLOSED after a fire. BUT lunch & takeout is available at RM Brooks Store on the west end of Rugby daily except Wed. & Sun. 423-628-2533
Shop
One of a kind gifts, amazing crafts and remarkable art and “oddities” are waiting in Rugby’s Commissary. Open Thur. through Sun.
Stay
Rugby offers historic lodging, complete with period furnishings, or a rustic cabin feel. Get away and relax, with WIFI or without. OPEN spring 2021.
HOURS of Operation
Visitor Centre
Thurs.-Sat. 9-5 EDT, Tours 10, Noon, 2 & 4. Sundays Noon-5 EDT, Tours 1 & 3
Harrow Road Cafe
Closed following 9/4 fire. Try RM Brooks Store for lunch daily except Wed. & Sun. 423-628-2533
Commissary
Thursdays 12-4 EDT, Fri & Sat 11-5, Sun 12-4
Lodging
OPEN Percy & Pioneer Cottages & Newbury House + newest addition: Ivy Cottage Annex (booking for Ivy exclusively on Airbnb)
Rugby Printing Works
Saturday 10-4 EDT, Sun. 1-4. Open some Fridays.
The Spirit of Red Hill Shop
Thur.-Sat. 10:30 – 5:30 EDT, Sun. Noon-5
The Gallery at Rugby
Thur.-Sun. 11-4 EDT
All Times Eastern
Directions
Historic Rugby is located on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, between Knoxville and Crossville. From Knoxville, travel either I-75 North to Exit 141 (Huntsville/Oneida), then Highway 63 to a left on Highway 27. Turn right on Highway 52 and follow the signs; or (from the west side of town) take Pelissippi Parkway (62) through Oak Ridge, then turn right onto 27 at Oliver Springs. Follow 27 to Elgin, then turn on left on 52 and follow the signs to a marked right on Rugby Pkwy.
From Crossville, follow Highway 127 North to Jamestown, then right onto Route 296 through Allardt. Follow Highway 52 to a marked left onto Rugby Pkwy. In Eastern time zone, barely!