Oak Ridge, Tennessee is a historically extraordinary Anderson County city — the Manhattan Project’s “Secret City” — offering world-class scientific heritage, beautiful lakeside greenway recreation, and a uniquely innovative community character just west of Knoxville.
American Museum of Science and Energy delivers fascinating Manhattan Project history and interactive modern energy exhibits through one of Tennessee’s most genuinely distinctive and rewarding cultural institutions. Melton Lake Greenway offers excellent waterside cycling, walking, and kayaking.
For scientific excellence, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a world-renowned research institution that shapes the city’s extraordinary intellectual and forward-thinking community character.