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In addition to Tennessee's many state parks, the state also offers 373 cabins, over 80 waterfalls, 36 campgrounds and six lodges, making the Volunteer State the perfect summer getaway for families ...
Big Branch Falls, Virgin Falls State Natural Area, an area of pocket wilderness. Pocket wilderness is a name used by Bowater corporation and the State of Tennessee for any of several tracts of Bowater-owned private land on and near the Cumberland Plateau that the company set aside beginning in 1970 "for preservation in its natural state, with no logging or development other than hiking trails ...
Rock Island State Park is a state park in Warren County and White County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern United States.The park is named after the community of Rock Island, Tennessee, which in turn received its name from an island on the Caney Fork upstream from the Collins River confluence and Great Falls Dam. [1]
Halfway through the waterfall loop awaits one of Tennessee’s largest and most visited state parks — Fall Creek Falls State Park.You'll want to give yourself plenty of time to explore, the park ...
Coon Creek Falls, is a 250 feet (76 m) plunge waterfall which shares a plunge pool with Fall Creek Falls. The falls are not always present, depending on the amount of precipitation in the area. The falls are located near Spencer, Tennessee in Fall Creek Falls State Park. [1]
Volunteers from all over the US and several volunteer hiking organizations are also working under direction of the Tennessee State Parks in building new sections of the trail. A number of private organizations support the Cumberland Trail financially and with volunteer efforts. The list of supporters is long.
The initiative to acquire this land was a lengthy project completed by The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee and Alabama. The natural area is approximately twelve miles south of Winchester in southern Franklin County. The southern boundary of the natural area follows the Alabama–Tennessee state line where the actual "Walls of Jericho" is located.
The Ozone Falls State Natural Area consists of Ozone Falls and the gorge immediately downstream. The gorge area around the waterfall's plungepool slopes inward from the top edge, creating a half-dome shape along the gorge's walls. Short hiking trails allow access to the waterfall's overhang and plungepool, as well as the cliffs above the gorge.