Parks in Tennessee
Explore 9 parks and public lands with richer details on amenities, trail access, and park types.
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson's complex presidency (1865-69) illustrates the Constitution at work following the Civil War. As…
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
Tennessee
Encompassing 125,000 acres of the Cumberland Plateau, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area protec…
Cherokee National Forest
Tennessee
The largest tract of public land in Tennessee, Cherokee National Forest encompasses over 655,000 acres flankin…
Fall Creek Falls State Park
Tennessee
Fall Creek Falls features the highest free-fall waterfall east of the Mississippi at 256 feet. The park offers…
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Tennessee
Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant was becoming quite famous as he wrote these words following the surrender o…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee
Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains …
Obed Wild & Scenic River
Tennessee
The Obed Wild and Scenic River looks much the same today as it did when the first white settlers strolled its …
Shiloh National Military Park
Tennessee
Visit the sites of the most epic struggle in the Western Theater of the Civil War. Nearly 110,000 American tro…
Stones River National Battlefield
Tennessee
The Battle of Stones River began on the last day of 1862 and was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil W…