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State Parks
Peek from the peaks at House Mountain State Natural Area, known for its huge sandstone boulders, its wide variety of bird and plant life, and for spectacular views from its two peaks. Study Big Cypress Tree State Park, the bottomland hardwood and bald cypress forest that occur along old river meanders and the channelized Middle Fork of the Obion River. Witness the powerful 136-foot cataract waterfall and the steep gorge cut by rapids in Burgess Falls State Natural Area.
Over eighty miles of navigable water for paddlers to ply await you at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. And, shake hands with names like Wolf River, Stinging Fork, Savage Gulf and Buzzard Point, all places where you can while away a day, or a week, enjoying the refreshing Tennessee outdoors.
Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
Nashville frequently shows off the view from Bicentennial Mall for the entire nation to enjoy; most televised sporting events broadcast the view from the mall, which was designed to preserve the area’s only unobstructed view of the antebellum state capitol building.
Built to honor the state’s 200th anniversary in 1996, the park occupies a piece of land that was part of the Great Salt Lick, or French Lick, where prehistoric animals came for the salt and hunters came for the animals. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: 615-741-5280
Big Cypress Tree State Park
A peaceful park for enjoying nature, Big Cypress was named for a national champion tree that was 1,350 years old before being killed by a lightning strike in 1976. In the floodplain of the Obion River’s Middle Fork, the park is a great site for picnicking, wildflower walks, bird watching and hiking and includes a 330-acre natural area and 27-acre adjacent park. ...more
Region: Northwest
City: Greenfield, TN
Phone: (731) 235-2700
Big Hill Pond State Park
With its railroad and Civil War history and 5,000 acres of magnificent timberland and hardwood bottom lands of Cypress Creek and the Tuscumbia River, Big Hill Pond has features of interest to both history buffs and nature lovers.
Close to the sites of battles at Davis Bridge and Youngs Bridge engagement where the Confederate Army, withdrawing from Corinth, MS, extricated itself from a difficult situation and later formed the bulk of the defenders of the besieged city of Vicksburg. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Pocahontas, TN
Phone: (731) 645-7967
Big Ridge State Park
This heavily forested, 3,687-acre park lies on the southern shore of Norris Lake. One of five demonstration parks developed by the Tennessee Valley Authority in cooperation with the National Park Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Maynardville, TN
Phone: 865-992-5523
Bledsoe Creek State Park
Bledsoe Creek State Park is a 164-acre, historically significant site on the Bledsoe Creek embayment of the Old Hickory Reservoir near the 1780s settlement of Cairo. It is a popular site for hiking, camping, boating and fishing. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Gallatin, TN
Phone: 615-452-3706
Blue Bank Fish House & Grill
Reelfoot Lake is one of the country's most beautiful natural lakes. Blue Bank Resort, on Reelfoot Lake, is the place to stay when you come to Reelfoot. ...more
Region: Northwest
City: Tiptonville, TN
Phone: 731- 253-6878
Booker T. Washington State Park
Officially established as one of two recreational parks for African Americans (the other was T. O. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Chattanooga, TN
Phone: 423-894-4955
Burgess Falls State Park
Burgess Falls, one of the first Natural Areas, is on Tennessee’s Eastern Highland Rim and is noted for its scenic splendor. Sheer bluffs, narrow ridges, rolling water and abundant mixed forest, characterize this area. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: Sparta, TN
Phone: 931-432-5312
Cedar Grove Marina & Campground, Inc.
We are a Full-Service Marina and Campground. We offer Luxury houseboat, pontoon and ski boat rentals. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: New Tazewell, TN
Phone: 865-278-3131
Cedars of Lebanon State Park
Cedars of Lebanon State Park, in Tennessee’s Central Basin, was named by settlers who saw in the dense cedar forest a reminder of the Biblical Cedars of Lebanon. The park and forest were established as a resettlement park when the federal government bought depleted farmland in 1937 and resettled the residents. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Lebanon, TN
Phone: 615-443-2769
Cherokee Point Campground
Quiet, tranquil, family-oriented campground on beautiful Watts Bar Lake. Private. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Ten Mile, TN
Phone: 423-334-9151
Chickasaw State Park
Chickasaw State Rustic Park is situated on some of the highest terrain in west Tennessee, with water recreation on Lakes Placid and La Joie. Chickasaw was one of Tennessee’s earliest state parks and has always been a place of classic state park recreation, nature, and scenery in an historic environment. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Henderson, TN
Phone: 731-989-5141
Civilian Conservation Corps Museum
Located in the upper Cumberland Plateau at Pickett State Park. ...more
Region: Upper Cumberland
City: Jamestown, TN
Phone:
Clinch River
A wonderful river to fly fish, bring a stealthy approach, delicate presentation and small flies to the Clinch River, one of America’s premier trout streams. The Clinch tailwaters flow 13 miles from Norris Dam, at River Mile 80, to Highway 61 Bridge in Clinton, Tennessee, at River Mile 67 and can be accessed at several locations. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Norris, TN
Phone: (865) 457-4547
Coker Creek Falls
Cascading waterfall of seven ledges. Easy to moderate trail follows Coker Creek. ...more
Region: Knoxville & Middle East
City: Coker Creek, TN
Phone: 423-261-2286

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