Big Ridge State Park is in Maynardville, Tennessee, and has 3,600 acres of forestry, ridges, and valleys. We know it was homesteads to...

I generally don't do much research until after we visit the park because I don't want to annoy my family with spouting out too much dry...

Fort Pillow was a Civil War fort approximately 40 miles north of Memphis. It has a museum, 20 miles of hiking, a group camp site, 30 camp...

We came to this park just as the rain was letting up, and the animals were out! We saw cranes, ducks, and a cluster of about six deer...

This land was originally the settled land of Panther Springs, a community that was a prominent stop on the route from Knoxville to...

The Tennessee Valley Authority began building Norris Dam in the 1930s, which created the Norris Reservoir. They then subsequently had to...

This park is the second in the Tennessee State Parks system named in honor of Davy Crockett. It has 105 acres, 88 campsites, living...

Rocky Fork is the newest state park and is on the Tennessee-North Carolina border. It is super rural and undeveloped. We weren't sure...

Roan Mountain State Park is a 2,000 acre state park at the foot of Roan Mountain. It has a 1908 farmstead, thirty cabins for rent, 86 RV...

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park was founded in 1976. It has 70 acres, a visitors center, a museum, an amphitheater, 2 miles of hiking...

Fort Loudon was originally built during The French and Indian War. This location was the far eastern border of the frontier, and a part...

The Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park is the newest Tennessee state park. It is a straight line from the top border to the...

In Jamestown, Tennessee, Pickett State Park is about 1,000 acres inside an almost 20,000 acre forest. The land was donated to the state...

The Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park is a state park that covers the land that is accessible to the Hiwassee and Ocoee Rivers....

Red Clay State Park is AMAZING, let me get that out of the way. The park itself is about 250 acres. The museum alone is such a fitting...

This park was originally the designated Shelby County Negro State Park. It opened in 1938 as the second state park in the nation for...

Harrison Bay State Park is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and claims about 40 miles of the shore of Chickamauga Lake. When it began to be...

Booker T. Washington is a 353 acre park in Chattanooga. It was built by African American troops of the CCC and was originally built to be...

Fall Creek Falls is the most visited state park in Tennessee. It’s HUGE, at almost 30,000 acres. Fall Creek Falls is 256 feet tall and...

Cordell Hull was the Secretary of State under president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and helped to create the United Nations and received a...