Staffed desks
Welcome centers
Sixteen state welcome centers, sorted by region. These have a tourism desk. Rest areas do not.
West Tennessee
I-55 northbound, mile 3.1 · Memphis
About 3 miles north of the Mississippi line.
I-40 eastbound, mile 0.3 · Memphis
Riverside Drive. This center closes in the evening. The others are open around the clock.
I-40 westbound, mile 44 · Stanton
A westbound stop between Memphis and Jackson.
I-155 eastbound, mile 8.7 · Dyersburg
Coming in from Missouri across the river.
Middle Tennessee
I-65 southbound, mile 121 · Portland
At the Kentucky line, north of Nashville.
I-24 eastbound, mile 0.4 · Clarksville
At the Kentucky line, northwest of Nashville.
I-65 northbound, mile 3 · Ardmore
About 3 miles north of the Alabama line.
I-40, both directions, mile 267 · Carthage
Between Nashville and Cookeville.
East Tennessee
I-40 westbound, mile 446 · Hartford
Coming in from North Carolina.
I-81 southbound, mile 75.3 · Bristol
At the Virginia line.
I-26, both directions, mile 46 · Erwin
100 Fiddlers Lane. A photo stop for the new Welcome to Tennessee sign.
I-26, mile 5 · Kingsport
Near the Virginia line on I-26.
I-75 southbound, mile 161 · Jellico
At the Kentucky line.
I-75 northbound, mile 0.7 · East Ridge
Just north of the Georgia line.
I-24 eastbound, mile 171.8 · Tiftonia
Near the Georgia line, west of Chattanooga.
I-24 westbound, mile 160 · Jasper
Westbound, before the climb toward Monteagle.
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.