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Tennessee has 59 designated state parks, operated by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The largest park, Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail, is made up of land along the Cumberland Trail, stretching from Cumberland Gap at the Virginia state line to Prentice Cooper State Forest in Marion County, just northwest of Chattanooga. [1]
Tims Ford State Park, also known as Tims Ford State Rustic Park, is a state park in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The 3,546-acre (14.35 km 2) state park is situated on the north shore of Tims Ford Lake near the north escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau, about ten miles from the city of Winchester.
The park was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1934 and 1942 on about 12,000 acres (49 km 2) of land donated to the State of Tennessee in 1933 by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. CCC crews built hiking trails, a recreation lodge, a ranger station, five rustic cabins, and a 12-acre (4.9 ha) lake known as Arch Lake.
After his industrial operations were destroyed by a flood in September 1821, Crockett left the area and moved to West Tennessee. The park was established in 1959 on 1,100 acres (450 ha) of land that includes the site where Crockett had his mills and distillery. [2] [3] Park facilities include reconstructions of a dam and mill. [5]
[citation needed] The area contains several state-listed endangered plants. [3] It was given to the state of Tennessee by the Land Trust for Tennessee, being designed as Tennessee's 85th State Natural Area in 2014. [4] The Window Cliffs lie within the Eastern Highland Rim above the Central Basin, and are accessible by trail. [4] Their address ...
Plants classified by conservation status on the IUCN Red List system See also classifications by NatureServe conservation status system. Subcategories.
The tract was sold to the State of Tennessee for $97,500 (equivalent to $147,361 in 2023) for perpetual preservation as a natural reserve. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Randolph Park Historic Park was established by the foundation in 2008 from the $378,000 (equivalent to $534,926 in 2023) purchase of 19 acres (7.7 ha) of the second Chickasaw Bluff by the ...
Henry Horton State Park was officially dedicated to Tennessee's 42nd Governor, Buford Ellington, on Labor Day in 1962. The park is located on the Duck River , and includes an area of approximately 1000 acres, previously owned by the park's namesake, Henry Horton, who was the 36th Governor of Tennessee.