The Nashville lake you can boat to after you clock out.
There aren't many major cities where you can leave the office at five and be on a pontoon by six. Nashville is one of them, and Percy Priest is the reason. Twenty minutes east of downtown, 1,065 miles of shoreline, and a lake culture that runs on after-work boat runs.
The Weeknight Run
Put in at Fate Sanders, run up to the islands, and raft up with the rest of the after-work fleet. The water is warm, the music carries across the lake, and by the time the sun drops behind the trees half of Nashville is on a boat. It is the most Nashville thing you can do without a guitar.
“Percy Priest is the lake that proves Nashville never really leaves the water.”
Bring a cooler, a playlist, and friends who don't mind staying out past dark. The ride back under the string lights of the marina is the part of the day nobody wants to end — and the reason a Percy Priest summer is the thing Nashville families plan the whole week around.
