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The park has an area of 4,138 acres (16.75 km 2) and is forested with timberland and hardwood bottomland. Cypress Creek and the Tuscumbia River border the property. The park's central feature is 35-acre (140,000 m 2) Travis McNatt Lake.
The Tennessee River Folklife Museum is situated atop Pilot Knob at the end of State Route 191. The museum interprets the life and customs of people living along the lower Tennessee River in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The center includes audio and video recordings, old implements used in musseling and a fully preserved 1950s-era jon ...
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]
Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park (RFSP) is a 2,265 acres (9.17 km 2) [1] state park in Unicoi County in East Tennessee.It is situated in the Blue Ridge region of the Appalachian Mountains, close to the Tennessee-North Carolina state line.
Raccoon Mountain Caverns: Hamilton County: 5.5 miles (8.9 km) 1853 Only place in the world where Nesticus furtivus (also known as the Crystal Caverns Cave Spider) is found. [15] Ruby Falls: Hamilton County: 700 feet (210 m) 1928 Contains tallest and deepest subterranean waterfall open to the public in the United States at 145 feet (44 m) tall. [16]
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Other nearby Tennessee cities and communities include Hampton, Elizabethton, Roan Mountain, Mountain City, Johnson City, and Bristol. Watauga Lake covers parts of Johnson and Carter Counties . Another much smaller nearby lake that is not part of the TVA system is the Ripshin Lake located 6 mi (9.7 km) SW of Roan Mountain .
Tennessee: Cades Cove. Great Smoky Mountains National Park This gorgeous valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park can draw a crowd, but it's big enough for couples to steal some private ...