NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Rocky Top, youll always be … a real place. All you South Carolina Gamecock and Alabama Crimson Tide and Florida Gator fans take note: Rocky Top actually exists. Its found 5,441 feet up in the thin air of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Appalachian Trail.

Likewise, who sings the original Rocky Top Tennessee? Osborne Brothers

Also to know is, how far is Rocky Top Tennessee?

The City of Rocky Top is located on Interstate 75 in Anderson and Campbell County in beautiful East Tennessee. Rocky Top is twenty miles north of Downtown Knoxville and offers access to the beautiful Norris Lake, Norris Dam State Park and WindRock Park, which is the largest off-road recreation area in the country.

Is Rocky Top public domain?

In 1899, John Philip Sousa first played the song publicly. It is now in the public domain. While its not the schools official fight song, “Rocky Top” has come to be associated with the Volunteers.