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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]
Edgar Evins State Park is a state park in DeKalb County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The park consists of 6,300 acres (25 km 2) along the shores of Center Hill Lake, an impoundment of the Caney Fork. The State of Tennessee leases the land from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The department also manages Tennessee's state parks and the Tennessee Historical Commission. According to the Gubernatorial Papers housed at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, the department once had a Hotel & Restaurant Division, which currently is managed by the Department of Tourist Development.
Here are our picks for the top five state parks in Tennessee. Falls Creek Falls State Park. Located at: 2009 Village Camp Road, Spencer, Tenn. 38585.
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The Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park, commonly known as the Cumberland Trail, is a Tennessee hiking trail and state park following a line of ridges and gorges along the eastern escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau and Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee.
Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park The park borders the Mississippi River and contains two lakes— Poplar Tree Lake and Lake Piersol. The Meeman Museum and Nature Center— named for conservationist and journalist Edward J. Meeman , the former editor of the Memphis Press-Scimitar , — is located on the park's grounds.
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.