State Parks Guide

Middle Tennessee

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  Burgess Falls State Park

  Falling Water River's waterfalls, ending in Burgess Falls, which drops more than 130 feet into a gorge

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  Cedars of Lebanon State Park

  Globally rare cedar glades and WPA-era lodge beside the Cedars of Lebanon State Forest

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  Cummins Falls State Park

  75-foot Cummins Falls and its swimming hole on the Blackburn Fork State Scenic River

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  Fall Creek Falls State Park

  256-foot Fall Creek Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls in the eastern United States; lodge and golf

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  Long Hunter State Park

  Percy Priest Lake shoreline and cedar glades close to Nashville

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  Montgomery Bell State Park

  Birthplace of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; New Deal park with two CCC-built lakes, a lodge and golf

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  Radnor Lake State Park

  Serene wildlife-viewing natural area inside Nashville, saved from development in 1973

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  Rock Island State Park

  Great Falls, Twin Falls and the Caney Fork gorge at the head of Center Hill Lake

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• Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park

  Downtown Nashville outdoor museum of Tennessee history below the State Capitol, with a granite state map and a 95-bell carillon

• Bledsoe Creek State Park

  Camping, fishing and a wetland observation boardwalk on Old Hickory Lake

• Buffalo River State Park

  The largest horseshoe bend on the free-flowing Buffalo River, with about two miles of riverfront; not yet open

• Cardwell Mountain State Archaeological Park

  5,000 years of archaeology above Cumberland Caverns; not yet open to the public

• Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park

  Birthplace cabin and museum of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, plus Bunkum Cave

• David Crockett State Park

  Crockett's Shoal Creek mill site, museum, Lake Lindsey and LEED-certified cabins

• Devil's Backbone State Park

  Rugged Western Highland Rim trail reached from the Natchez Trace Parkway; day use only

• Dry Branch State Park

  Rare wetland holding what the State counts as Tennessee's largest population of the endangered Tennessee yellow-eyed grass

• Dunbar Cave State Park

  Guided cave tours to see Mississippian-era Native American cave art; the 1930s bandstand and dance floor at the cave mouth, where big bands and Roy Acuff played

• Edgar Evins State Park

  Center Hill Lake shoreline, marina and the visitor-center observation tower

• Fiery Gizzard State Park

  Fiery Gizzard Trail gorge, Foster Falls, Denny Cove climbing and the historic Grundy Lakes

• Harpeth River State Park

  Narrows of the Harpeth and the 1818-1819 Montgomery Bell Tunnel, cut by enslaved workers; river paddling

• Head of the Crow State Park

  Sewanee Natural Bridge and Buggytop Cave in a karst landscape

• Henry Horton State Park

  Lodge, golf and trap-and-skeet on the Duck River, on a former governor's estate

• Johnsonville State Historic Park

  1864 Battle of Johnsonville site and the town submerged by Kentucky Lake

• Mousetail Landing State Park

  Tennessee River campground and swimming beach at a historic river landing

• Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park

  2,000-year-old Native American earthwork enclosure with waterfalls

• Pickett CCC Memorial State Park

  CCC-built park with natural bridges, Arch Lake and Dark Sky certification

• Port Royal State Park

  Site of a 1797 town, restored 1859 general store and a Trail of Tears segment

• Savage Gulf State Park

  Stone Door, gorges and waterfalls with backcountry camping on the Cumberland Plateau

• Scott's Gulf Wilderness State Park

  Rugged Caney Fork canyon wilderness for hiking and hunting

• Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park

  Home, farm and gristmill of World War I hero Alvin C. York

• Standing Stone State Park

  New Deal-era rustic cabins and the Rolley Hole marbles championship

• Tims Ford State Park

  Lake life on Tims Ford Reservoir with golf, boating and the Blueway paddle trail