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Tennessee has 59 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. [1]
David Crockett Birthplace State Park (previously called Davy Crockett Birthplace State Historic Park) is a state park in Greene County, Tennessee, United States.Situated along the Nolichucky River, the park consists of 105 acres (0.42 km 2) centered on the traditional birthplace of legendary Tennessee frontiersman, soldier, and politician Davy Crockett (1786-1836).
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The park was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1934 and 1942 on about 12,000 acres (49 km 2) of land donated to the State of Tennessee in 1933 by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. CCC crews built hiking trails, a recreation lodge, a ranger station, five rustic cabins, and a 12-acre (4.9 ha) lake known as Arch Lake.
The main entrance to Warriors' Path State Park. Map of Warriors' Path State Park showing trails. View down one of the hiking trails in Autumn. Fort Patrick Henry Lake. Warriors' Path State Park is a 950-acre (3.84 km 2) Tennessee State Park in Colonial Heights, Tennessee, an area within the city of Kingsport.
[2] [3] By 1820, he owned 614 acres (248 ha) of land at Shoal Creek. [4] He also served as one of Lawrence County's first commissioners and justices of the peace. After his industrial operations were destroyed by a flood in September 1821, Crockett left the area and moved to West Tennessee. The park was established in 1959 on 1,100 acres (450 ...
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Cypress Creek and the Tuscumbia River border the property. The park's central feature is 35-acre (140,000 m 2 ) Travis McNatt Lake. The namesake Big Hill Pond was formed by excavation in 1853 as a borrow pit that was a source for soil used to build a levee across the Tuscumbia and Cypress Creek bottoms for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad .