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Shelby Farms is a public park located in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, in East Memphis.It is one of the largest urban parks in the US and the world, at a size of 4,500 acres (1,800 ha) and covers more than five times the area of Central Park in New York City with 843 acres (341 ha).
The Outback at Shelby Farms Park in East Memphis was named as one of the best dog parks in the country in a recent USA TODAY list. The park is the only one from Tennessee named to the list.
Shelby Farms: Memphis: United States Shelby Farms Park Conservancy 4,500.0 1,821.1 The park consisting of lakes, natural forests, and wetlands, that provide habitats a number of species. A penal farm from 1929 to 1964, it was reopened into a public park in the 1970s. 49 Calero County Park San Jose: United States Santa Clara County Parks: 4,471. ...
Poplar Avenue, a major road through East Memphis, runs by prominent buildings including White Station Tower (rear left) and Clark Tower (rear right).. East Memphis is a region of Memphis, Tennessee with several defined and informal subdivisions and neighborhoods such as Colonial Acres, White Station-Yates, Sherwood Forest, Normal Station, High Point Terrace, Belle Meade, Normandy Meadows, St ...
The Land Trust holds conservation easements on public parkland to ensure parks retain their use for parks and public recreation, including: Shelby Farms Park in Memphis, Tennessee; [16] Nashville's old growth Hill Forest addition to the Warner Parks; Bowie Nature Park in Fairview, [17] and Harlinsdale Farm Park in Franklin [18] [19] and ...
Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas — the current epicenter of a standoff with the federal government — was named after a Confederate military leader who fled to Mexico in 1865 rather than ...
Recently, Shelby has seen the approval of several new developments, including the Blanton Farm project that will potentially add around 1,600 new homes to the city and another development planned ...
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.