Cedar Creek, Mount Juliet: homes, schools, parks and commute

Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the City of Mt. Juliet’s Land Use and Transportation Plan Update (PDF) and Charlie Daniels Park page; Wilson County Schools’ school zone lookup; the Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 A-F letter grade file; the federal NCES school directory; the Zillow Home Value Index (Zillow Research); and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Cedar Creek is the city’s biggest planning area, the northeast quarter of Mount Juliet from Division Street up to Old Hickory Lake. The city’s land use plan names it Planning Area 2, Cedar Creek, about 11,562 acres. It holds Charlie Daniels Park, the city’s main park, Mt. Juliet High School on Golden Bear Gateway, and a string of century farms and historic buildings along Lebanon Road and Benders Ferry Road.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Mt. Juliet High, 1875 Golden Bear Gateway (2024-25 state letter grade: A), for nearly all of the area.
• Home value: $565,761 in ZIP code 37122 in September 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest I-40 exit: Exit 226 (Mt. Juliet Road) on the west side; Exit 229 (Beckwith Road and Golden Bear Gateway) on the east side.

Part of our Mount Juliet neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

The plan’s boundaries are Old Hickory Lake and the urban growth boundary to the north, the growth boundary to the east, Division Street to the south, and North Mt. Juliet Road and Cedar Creek to the west. Lebanon Road (U.S. 70) crosses the middle of it, and Golden Bear Gateway runs north-south through the east side. Part of the planning area lies outside the city limits. The Census Bureau’s ZIP code areas put the city in 37122.

Places the plan lists in the area:

• Charlie Daniels Park, 1075 Charlie Daniels Parkway, and the Mt. Juliet Little League Park, 10835 Lebanon Road
• Cedar Creek Yacht Club, 3581 Benders Ferry Road
• Cook’s United Methodist Church, 7919 Lebanon Road, and the Warner Price Mumford Smith House on Lebanon Road
• Owen Bradley Parkway and Bradley’s Barn, the recording studio, on Benders Ferry Road
• Three Tennessee Century Farms: Vivrett Farm off Beckwith Road (1852), Kenton Farm at the end of Liberty Chapel Road (1891) and Cook’s Hill Farm off U.S. 70 at Mays Chapel Road (1881)

Projects the plan lists for the area include the Cedar Creek Greenway from Charlie Daniels Park toward Mt. Juliet High and the Little League park, widening East Division Street from North Mt. Juliet Road to Golden Bear Gateway, widening Lebanon Road from Park Glen Drive to Benders Ferry Road, and widening Golden Bear Gateway from Curd Road to Lebanon Road.

Schools

We checked 33 points spread across the part of the area inside the city limits in the district’s zone lookup. Thirty-one returned Mt. Juliet High. The elementary and middle schools depend on where you are:

The other three points, at the northwest edge near the lake, returned W.A. Wright or Lakeview elementary, and one of them Green Hill High. Grades are from the state’s 2024-25 A-F letter grades:

Check one address in the zone lookup and see full results on the Tennessee State Report Card. More in our schools guide.

Home values

Zillow’s typical home value for ZIP code 37122 was $565,761 in September 2026, up 0.5% from $562,819 a year earlier. The city figure was $556,817. The index is a modeled value for a typical mid-priced home, not a sale price, and Zillow does not publish it below the ZIP code level. More in home prices.

Parks and trails

• Charlie Daniels Park, 1075 Charlie Daniels Parkway: the Planet Playground, Ava’s Splash Pad, a skate park, tennis and pickleball courts, sand volleyball, a one-mile walking track and the city’s community center, according to the city.
• Cedar Creek Greenway, a paved trail that starts at Charlie Daniels Park. Phase 2, to Lebanon Road and the Little League park, is in final design.
• Mt. Juliet Little League Park, 10835 Lebanon Road.

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Getting around

• Main roads: Lebanon Road (U.S. 70), Golden Bear Gateway, East Division Street and Benders Ferry Road.
• Nearest I-40 exits: Exit 226 (Mt. Juliet Road, State Route 171) for the west side, and Exit 229 (Beckwith Road and Golden Bear Gateway) for the east side. Exit numbers are from OpenStreetMap.
• Distances by road from Mt. Juliet High, measured on OpenStreetMap’s road network: about 2.1 miles to City Hall and about 15.7 miles to Nashville International Airport. These are distances, not drive times.
• Transit: Mt. Juliet Station for the WeGo Star, 22 E. Division St., sits on the area’s southern edge.

More in getting around.

Groceries and everyday stores

OpenStreetMap shows these at the area’s western corner, where Lebanon Road meets North Mt. Juliet Road:

• Publix, 11207 Lebanon Road
• Walgreens, 11185 Lebanon Road

Related: Town Center, Division Street East, Nonaville and property taxes.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Cedar Creek area of Mount Juliet?

It is the city’s Planning Area 2: the land east of North Mt. Juliet Road and Cedar Creek, from Division Street north to Old Hickory Lake, about 11,562 acres in the city’s land use plan.

What high school is the Cedar Creek area zoned for?

Mt. Juliet High, at 31 of the 33 points we checked inside the city limits in the Wilson County Schools zone lookup. It earned an A on Tennessee’s 2024-25 letter grades. The elementary and middle schools vary by street.

Is Cedar Creek a good place to live?

Here are the facts. Cedar Creek is an 11,562-acre planning area holding Charlie Daniels Park and the Mt. Juliet Little League Park, mostly zoned for Mt. Juliet High, which earned an A for 2024-25; the typical home value in ZIP 37122 was $565,761 in September 2026, according to Zillow.

What parks are in the Cedar Creek area?

Charlie Daniels Park, 1075 Charlie Daniels Parkway, and the Mt. Juliet Little League Park, 10835 Lebanon Road. The Cedar Creek Greenway starts at Charlie Daniels Park.