Burgess Falls State Park is located in Sparta, near the center of Tennessee, only two hours from Nashville. Originally settled by Native Americans in the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek tribes, the land was deeded to a white settler named Thomas Burgess in 1793 as part of his payment for serving in the Revolutionary War. The […]
Big Cypress Tree State Park
For a peaceful, relaxing time in the great outdoors, check out the Big Cypress Tree State Park in western Tennessee. This 27-acre park is located in a natural area of the floodplain of the Obion River that measures 330 acres total. The park took its name from what was the largest tree east of the […]
The Obed Wild and Scenic River Tennessee National Park
The Obed is one of 150 national Wild and Scenic River Parks in the United States and the only one in Tennessee. It is a wild river and forest area stretching across the Cumberland Plateau with the river in its valley in east-central Tennessee. It rises in Cumberland County near Crossville, Tennessee, and enters the […]