Old Gray Cemetery is a Victorian rural-style cemetery established in 1850, covering about ten acres just north of downtown. The design follows the nineteenth-century tradition of landscape cemeteries — winding paths, mature trees, elaborate monuments — intended as both a burial ground and a park for the living. The trees alone are worth visiting for.
The cemetery contains the graves of many prominent Knoxville figures from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including politicians, entrepreneurs, and Civil War veterans from both sides. The monuments range from modest stones to ambitious carved obelisks and family tombs. It is peaceful, well-maintained, and an easy walk from downtown.