Dr. Bob Overholt's "Get Out and Play with Dr. Bob" series was created with the City of Knoxville, the Legacy Parks Foundation and the Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Center in an effort to raise awareness about neighborhood parks in Knoxville, Tennessee and to address the state's rising childhood obesity epidemic.

This series of videos, produced by PME Communications, features ways to stay active and healthy in Knoxville area parks. July's feature is Ijams Nature Center and Will Skelton Greenway in South Knoxville. Will Skelton Greenway connects 3.5 miles to approximately 1,000 acres of public land. Ijams Nature Center is a wildlife sanctuary that rests at the center of this greenway and provides over 10 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails. Bike rentals are available as well as canoe and paddleboard rentals on Mead's Quarry Lake.

Ijams has other breathtaking features including a football field-length boardwalk over the Tennessee River that highlights several bat caves, a kids play area with miniature cabins and fairy thicket houses, the Ross Marble Quarry, a large frog pond, and much more.

Will Skelton Greenway also connects to the TWRA Wildlife Management Area, which features acres of sunflower fields in July.

For more information about Knoxville parks, visit www.OutdoorKnoxville.com.