WEST KNOXVILLE COMMUNITIES
Bearden and Sequoyah Hills, 37919
Older than Knoxville’s annexation of it, and it shows. Walkable, connected, and full of the local businesses that give this stretch its character.
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OVERVIEW
A place that was itself long before it was Knoxville
There was a settlement here in the late 1700s, about five miles west of Knoxville, centered on a fort near what is now Kingston Pike and Northshore Drive. Scots Irish settlers called it Erin. It grew into a farming community, took the Bearden name from Marcus De Lafayette Bearden, a former Knoxville mayor, and did not become part of the City of Knoxville until 1962.
That long stretch of independence is why Bearden still feels like its own place rather than a subdivision of somewhere else. It has a commercial spine along Kingston Pike, real neighborhood streets behind it, and businesses that have been here for decades sitting next to ones that opened last year.
One thing that trips up people relocating here: when a local says Bearden, they might mean the actual neighborhood or the whole Kingston Pike corridor from Sequoyah Hills out to Turkey Creek. Those are very different price points and very different housing. Worth sorting out early so we are looking at the same map.
Living in Bearden
The places I actually send people.
Bring the Dogs
Lakeshore Park
The big one, and the reason a lot of people move to this side of town in the first place.
Camp Honey Coffee
Right across from Lakeshore and set up for people stopping in around a park outing with their dogs. Very convenient by design.
River Dog Bakery
Treats made for dogs. Sophie and Buddy consider this a required stop.
Get Outside
Lakeshore Park
Trails, fields, and river views. Easily the anchor of outdoor life over here.
Sequoyah Hills Park and Cherokee Boulevard
The waterfront stretch. Worth doing at least once at golden hour before you decide anything about this area.
Everly Brothers Park and the Third Creek Greenway
Smaller and quieter, and how locals actually get around on foot.
Eat Local
Farmacy
Brunch that people plan their weekend around.
Abridged Beer Company
Beer and burgers, and a room that always seems to have something going on.
Holy Land Market
Part market, part kitchen, and one of those places you send people to once and they thank you later.
Coffee
Camp Honey Coffee
The Lakeshore adjacent one. Good before or after a walk.
Intrepid Nitro Coffee and Tea Bar
Dogs welcome inside, which is rarer than it should be.
The Golden Roast
The one to pick when you actually want to sit with the coffee.
Things to Do
Walk Lakeshore
Sunset over the river. It is the local ritual and it does not get old.
Bearden galleries and public art
Visit Knoxville treats Bearden as a destination neighborhood in its own right, and the art scene is a big part of why.
Knoxville Museum of Art
Close enough to be a normal weeknight thing rather than an outing.
Shop Local
The Southern Market
Home, gifts and the kind of browsing that turns into an hour.
Nostalgia
Vintage and antiques, and genuinely fun even if you buy nothing.
Homberg Place
Named for a hat. The Bowman Hat Company moved here in 1933 and the Homburg style gave the place its name. Now one of the more walkable clusters of shops in the area.
Give Back Local
Young Williams Animal Center is the one I point people toward most often. They take in an enormous number of animals every year, and there is more than one way to help: adopting, fostering, donating, or giving a few hours. If you are settling into a new house with room to spare, it is a good place to start.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
A Saturday in Sequoyah Hills
Sequoyah Hills is a 1920s planned community designed by architect Edwin Craighead, and you can feel the plan in every curving, tree lined street. It sits inside 37919, it shares Bearden’s zip code, and it is entirely its own market.
Start with coffee at The Golden Roast, then walk Cherokee Boulevard while the light is still soft. The boulevard runs along the Tennessee River with a wide green median down the middle, and on a nice Saturday it fills up with walkers, runners and dogs. Nobody is in a hurry.
Pack something and picnic along the water. Then wander into Bennett Galleries or the boutiques around Homberg when you have had enough sun. Dinner is The Plaid Apron if you want the family owned neighborhood version, Bistro by the Tracks if you want the Knoxville fine dining institution, or Harvest Land Sea and Vine if the occasion calls for it.
That is the whole pitch, really. Stately homes on quiet streets, the river at the end of the block, and enough within walking distance that you do not have to get in the car to have a good day.
Homes here come up less often than people expect. If Sequoyah Hills is where you want to be, tell me early and I will watch for you.
Ready to call Bearden home?
Every active listing in 37919, straight from the MLS. Bearden and Sequoyah Hills share the ZIP, so this covers both.
Questions people actually ask me about Bearden
What ZIP code is Bearden?
37919, and Sequoyah Hills shares it. If you are searching from out of state, that is the number to save.
Is Sequoyah Hills part of Bearden?
Depends who you ask, which is exactly why they share a page here. Geographically Sequoyah Hills sits at the eastern end of the Bearden corridor and shares the ZIP. In practice it is treated as its own neighborhood with its own market. Both things are true at once.
What are the houses like?
Genuinely varied, which is the appeal and also why a single search filter rarely gets you what you want. Midcentury ranches, 1920s and 1930s character homes, infill builds and condos all coexist here, sometimes on the same street. Tell me what era and what kind of lot you are drawn to and I will narrow it properly.
How is the commute downtown?
Short, and that is a real part of the value here. Bearden is the closest in of the West Knoxville areas. Kingston Pike carries a lot of traffic at peak, so drive it on a weekday morning rather than judging it on a Sunday.
Is it walkable?
In pockets, yes, which is unusual for Knoxville. Homberg and the Bearden Village stretch are both places you park once and walk. Sequoyah Hills is walkable in the neighborhood sense rather than the errands sense. Between them and the greenways, you can build a genuinely on foot routine here.
Thinking about Bearden or Sequoyah Hills?
Let’s figure out which Bearden you actually mean, and then go look at it. I love this part of town and I am happy to talk through the trade offs street by street.