List of Tennessee state parks and natural areas

This is a list of state parks and natural areas in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

State parks Tennessee has 61 designated state parks, operated by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The largest park, Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail, is made up of land along the Cumberland Trail, stretching from Cumberland Gap at the Virginia state line to Prentice Cooper State Forest in Marion County, just northwest of Chattanooga. The smallest state park is Bicentennial Capitol Mall, at just . The newest state park is Ocoee River State Park, established in September 2025.

Park Name County/Counties Size YearEstablished acres haBicentennial Capitol Mall State ParkDavidson1996Big Cypress Tree State ParkWeakley1973Big Hill Pond State ParkMcNairy1977Big Ridge State ParkUnion1934Bledsoe Creek State ParkSumner1973Booker T. Washington State ParkHamilton1937Burgess Falls State ParkPutnam1971Cardwell Mountain State Archaeological ParkWarren2026Cedars of Lebanon State ParkWilson1937Cherokee Trail of Tears State ParkMeigs2026Chickasaw State ParkChester1937Cordell Hull Birthplace State ParkPickett1997Cove Lake State ParkCampbell1937Cumberland Mountain State ParkCumberland1938Cummins Falls State ParkJackson2011David Crockett Birthplace State ParkGreene1973David Crockett State ParkLawrence1959Devil's Backbone State ParkLewis2026Dunbar Cave State ParkMontgomery1973Edgar Evins State ParkDeKalb1975Fall Creek Falls State ParkVan Buren, Bledsoe1935Feiry Gizzard State ParkGrundy, Marion1978Fort Loudoun State Historic ParkMonroe1977Fort Pillow State ParkLauderdale1971Frozen Head State ParkMorgan1970Harpeth River State ParkCheatham, Davidson1978Harrison Bay State ParkHamilton1937Head of the Crow State ParkGrundy2025Henry Horton State ParkMarshall1961Hiwassee Scenic River State ParkPolk1972Indian Mountain State ParkCampbell1971Johnsonville State Historic ParkHumphreys1971Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State ParkAnderson, Bledsoe, Campbell, Claiborne, Cumberland, Hamilton, Marion, Morgan, Rhea, Scott, Sequatchie1998Long Hunter State ParkDavidson1978Meeman-Shelby Forest State ParkShelby1944Middle Fork Bottoms State Park Madison2024Montgomery Bell State ParkDickson1943Mousetail Landing State ParkPerry1986Natchez Trace State ParkHenderson1955Nathan Bedford Forrest State ParkBenton1929Norris Dam State ParkAnderson, Campbell1953North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State ParkHamilton2024Ocoee River State ParkPolk2025Old Stone Fort State Archaeological ParkCoffee1973Panther Creek State ParkHamblen1967Paris Landing State ParkHenry1945Pickett CCC Memorial State ParkPickett1942Pickwick Landing State ParkHardin1969Pinson Mounds State Archaeological ParkMadison1966Port Royal State ParkMontgomery, Robertson1978Radnor Lake State Park & Natural AreaDavidson1973Red Clay State ParkBradley1979Reelfoot Lake State ParkLake, Obion1925Roan Mountain State ParkCarter1959Rock Island State ParkWarren, White1969Rocky Fork State ParkUnicoi2012Savage Gulf State ParkGrundy, Sequatchie2023Scott's Gulf Wilderness State ParkWhite2025Seven Islands State Birding ParkKnox2013Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic ParkFentress1967South Cumberland State ParkFranklin, Marion, Grundy1978Standing Stone State ParkOverton1939Sycamore Shoals State Historic AreaCarter1975Tims Ford State ParkFranklin1978T. O. Fuller State ParkShelby1938Warriors' Path State ParkSullivan1952

State natural areas Tennessee has 85 state natural areas that are divided into two classes: Class I – Scenic-Recreational Class II – Natural-Scientific

Nine areas have restricted access and are not open to the public; a tenth, Hubbard's Cave, has limited access during the summer.

Park Name Class County/Counties Size Property Owner Access Status(Public/Private) YearEstablished acres haAuntney Hollow State Natural AreaIILewisPrivatePrivate – No access2002Barnett's Woods State Natural AreaIIMontgomeryState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1995Bays Mountain State Natural AreaISullivanCity of KingsportPublic – Full access1973Beaman Park State Natural AreaIIDavidsonNashville Parks & RecreationPublic – Full access2013Big Cypress Tree State Natural AreaIWeakleyState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Bone Cave State Natural AreaIIVan BurenState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1974Burgess Falls State Natural AreaIPutnamState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Campbell Bend Barrens State Natural AreaIIRoanePrivatePublic – Limited access2006Carroll Cabin Barrens State Natural AreaIIDecaturState of TennesseePublic – Full access2002Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Carter State Natural AreaIIFranklinState of TennesseePublic – Full access1975Cedars of Lebanon State Forest Natural AreaIIWilsonState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1974Chimneys State Natural AreaIMarionState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1999Coldiz Cove State Natural AreaIIFentressState of TennesseePublic – Full access1984Couchville Cedar Glade State Natural AreaIIDavidson, WilsonState of TennesseePublic – Full access1995Crowder Cemetery Barrens State Natural AreaIIRoanePrivatePublic – Limited access2006Devil's Backbone State Natural AreaILewisState of TennesseePublic – Full access1997Dog Cove State Natural Area & Beecher Wallace Homestead—WhiteState of TennesseePublic – Full access2019Dry Branch State Natural AreaIILewis (primary), Hickman, PerryState of TennesseePrivate – No access2007Duck River Complex State Natural AreaIIMauryState of TennesseePublic – Full access2002Dunbar Cave State Natural AreaIMontgomeryState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1973Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade State Natural AreaIIRutherfordUSACEPublic – Limited access1998Fall Creek Falls State Natural AreaIIBledsoe, Van BurenState of TennesseePublic – Full access1974Falling Water Falls State Natural AreaIHamiltonState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Fate Sanders Barrens State Natural AreaIIRutherfordUSACEPublic – Limited access1999Flat Rock Cedar Glades & Barrens State Natural AreaIIRutherfordState of TennesseePublic – Full access1999Frozen Head State Natural AreaI, IIMorganState of TennesseePublic – Full access1974Gattinger's Cedar Glade & Barrens State Natural AreaIIRutherford, WilsonPrivatePrivate – No access2003Ghost River State Natural AreaIFayetteState of TennesseePublic – Full access1997Grundy Forest State Natural AreaIGrundyState of TennesseePublic – Full access1974Hampton Creek Cove State Natural AreaICarterState of TennesseePublic – Full access1986Hawkins Cove State Natural AreaIIFranklinState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1985Hicks Gap State Natural AreaIIMarionState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1989Hill Forest State Natural AreaIIDavidsonFriends of Warner ParksNashville Parks & RecreationPublic – Limited access2010Honey Creek State Natural AreaIIPickettNational Park Service(Big South Fork)Public – Full access1973House Mountain State Natural AreaIKnoxState of TennesseePublic – Full access1987Hubbard's Cave State Natural AreaIIWarrenThe Nature ConservancyPublic – Limited accessduring summer1995John & Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural AreaIIWilsonState of TennesseePublic – Limited access2009John Noel at Bon Aqua State Natural AreaIHickmanState of TennesseePublic – Full access2007Langford Branch State Natural AreaIILewisSwan Conservation TrustPrivate – No access2001Laurel–Snow State Natural AreaIIRheaState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Lost Creek State Natural Area—WhiteState of TennesseePublic – Full access2012Lucius Burch Jr. Forest State Natural AreaIShelbyShelby CountyPublic – Full access1988Manus Road Cedar Glade State Natural AreaIIRutherfordState of TennesseePrivate – No access2004May Prairie State Natural AreaIICoffeeState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1973Meeman-Shelby State Natural AreaIIShelbyState of TennesseePublic – Full access2002Montgomery Bell State Natural AreaIIDicksonState of TennesseePublic – Full access1998Morrison Meadow State Natural AreaIIWarrenState of TennesseePublic – Limited access2008Mount View Glade State Natural AreaIIDavidsonState of TennesseePublic – Full access1995Natural Bridge State Natural AreaIFranklinState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural AreaIIHamilton, SequacthieState of TennesseePublic – Full access1999Overbridge State Natural AreaIIRutherfordState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1995Old Forest State Natural AreaIIShelbyCity of MemphisPublic – Full access2011Ozone Falls State Natural AreaICumberlandState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Piney Falls State Natural AreaIIRheaState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Pogue Creek Canyon State Natural AreaIIFentressState of TennesseePublic – Full access2006Powell River Preserve State Natural AreaIIClaiborneState of TennesseePublic – Full access1995Radnor Lake State Park & Natural AreaIIDavidsonState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Reelfoot Lake State Natural AreaILake, ObionState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Riverwoods State Natural AreaIIShelbyState of TennesseePublic – Full access1978Roundtop Mountain State Natural AreaIISevierNational Park Service(Great Smoky Mountains)Public – Full access1974Rugby State Natural AreaIMorganState of TennesseePublic – Full access2006Savage Gulf State Natural AreaIIGrundy, SequatchieState of TennesseePublic – Full access1974Sequatchie Cave State Natural AreaIIMarionState of TennesseePublic – Full access2001Sherwood Forest State Natural Area—FranklinState of TennesseePublic – Full access2020Short Springs State Natural AreaICoffeeState of Tennessee, TVA, City of TullahomaPublic – Full access1994Stillhouse Hollow Falls State Natural AreaIMauryState of TennesseePublic – Full access2006Stinging Fork Falls State Natural AreaIIRheaState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Stones River Cedar Glade and Barrens State Natural AreaIIRutherfordNational Park ServicePublic – Full access2003Sunk Lake State Natural AreaIILauderdaleState of TennesseePublic – Full access1986Sunnybell Cedar Glade State Natural AreaIIRutherfordState of TennesseePrivate – No access1995Taylor Hollow State Natural AreaIISumnerThe Nature ConservancyPrivate – Access bypermission only1995Twin Arches State Natural AreaIIFentress, Pickett, ScottNational Park Service(Big South Fork)Public – Full access1974Vesta Cedar Glade State Natural AreaIIWilsonState of TennesseePublic – Full access1986Vine Cedar Glade State Natural AreaIIWilsonState of TennesseePublic – Limited access2000Virgin Falls State Natural AreaIIWhiteState of TennesseePublic – Full access1973Walker Branch State Natural AreaIIHardinState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1997Walls of Jericho State Natural AreaIIFranklinState of TennesseePublic – Full access2006Walnut Knob State Natural Area—SmithState of TennesseePrivate – No access2020Walterhill Floodplain State Natural AreaIIRutherfordState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1985Washmorgan Hollow State Natural AreaIIJacksonThe Nature ConservancyPublic – Limited access1995Watauga River Bluffs State Natural AreaIICarterState of TennesseePublic – Full access1998William B. Clark Conservation AreaIIFayetteThe Nature ConservancyPublic – Full access2000William L. Davenport Refuge State Natural AreaIIPolkState of TennesseePublic – Limited access1997Wilson School Road Forest and Cedar Glades State Natural AreaIIMarshallState of TennesseePrivate – No access2008Window Cliffs State Natural AreaIIPutnamState of TennesseePublic – Full access2014

State scenic rivers Tennessee state scenic rivers are divided into three classes: Class I – Natural River Area – Free flowing, unpolluted, and with primitive shorelines and scenic vistas generally inaccessible except by trail. Class II – Pastoral River Area – Free flowing, unpolluted, and with shorelines and scenic vistas partially or predominantly used for agricultural and other recreational activities. Class III – Developed/Partially Developed River Area – Free flowing, unpolluted, and with shorelines and vistas more developed.