State Parks Guide
Tennessee's state parks, East, Middle and West, one page at a time: the story of each park, when to go and what to wear, and the design it inspired. An independent guide by Tennessee Pride Apparel; not affiliated with Tennessee State Parks.
West Tennessee
Big Cypress Tree State Park
Bottomland-forest boardwalk in a park named for a champion bald cypress, an estimated 1,350 years old, killed by lightning in 1976
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Big Hill Pond State Park
70-foot observation tower, Dismal Swamp boardwalk and Travis McNatt Lake
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Chickasaw State Park
Lake Placid, horseback riding and WPA cabins in the Chickasaw State Forest
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Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park
Bottomland cypress-tupelo forest below the Chickasaw Bluffs on the Mississippi River near Memphis
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Middle Fork Bottoms State Park
Restored floodplain of the Middle Fork Forked Deer River; day-use wildlife viewing
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Natchez Trace State Park
Pin Oak Lake and horse trails in the 48,000-acre Natchez Trace state forest and park complex
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Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob overlook of Kentucky Lake and the Tennessee River Folklife Center
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Reelfoot Lake State Park
Earthquake-formed flooded cypress forest, bald eagles and fishing
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T.O. Fuller State Park
Urban Memphis park built by a Black CCC company; adjoins Chucalissa mounds
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Fort Pillow State Park
Civil War earthworks and museum on the Chickasaw Bluffs above the Mississippi; site of the 1864 Fort Pillow massacre
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- Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park