David Crockett State Park is located near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. More commonly known as Davy Crockett, the park’s namesake once ran a gristmill, distillery and other businesses near Shoal Creek, which flows through the park. Famous for his stint in the United States Congress and his valor at the Alamo, his former home was named a […]
Fall Creek Falls State Park
On the eastern top of Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, sits the 20,000 acre paradise of Fall Creek Falls State Park. It is one of the most spectacular scenic outdoor recreation facilities in the country. It features a magnificent panoramic landscape which includes forests of rugged hardwood timber, streams, waterfalls, gorges, and beautiful and intriguing cascades. Here, […]
Burgess Falls State Park
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 […]