Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Tennessee

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Facility Name Description Activities Frank H. McClung Museum The Frank H. McClung Museum is an important component of the University of Tennessee. The museum?s permanent exhibits include: archaeology and the native peoples of Tennessee, ancient Egypt,  more... Museum/Visitor Center Great Smoky Mountains National Park Ridge upon ridge of endless forest straddling the border between North Carolina and Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the largest protected areas in the Eastern United States.  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Lodging , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing International Storytelling Center The mission of the International Storytelling Center is to preserve storytelling through oral communication, the printed word, and artifacts which convey or provoke a story. The Center represents a  more... Museum/Visitor Center Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge During the winter of 1811-12 a series of some 1,874 recorded tremors within the New Madrid fault dramatically altered the landscape on some 30-50,000 square miles of land creating Lake Isom in  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hunting Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is one of the nation's wetland treasures. It is managed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and is part of the National Wildlife Refuge  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Founded in 1916, the Brooks Museum is the oldest and largest fine arts museum in the state of Tennessee. Housed in part in its original Beaux-Arts style building-a registered U.S. National  more... Museum/Visitor Center Obed Wild & Scenic River The Obed Wild and Scenic River is located in Morgan and Cumberland Counties in East Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau. The park includes parts of the Obed River, Clear Creek, Daddys Creek and the  more... Camping , Climbing , Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge During the winter of 1811-12, a series of some 1,874 recorded tremors within the New Madrid fault dramatically altered the landscape on some 30-50,000 square miles of land ceating Reelfoot Lake in  more... Shiloh National Cemetery In July 1862, Congress passed legislation giving the President of the United States the authority to purchase land for the establishment of cemeteries "for the soldiers who shall die in the service  more... Shiloh National Military Park Shiloh National Military Park was established in 1894 to preserve the scene of the first major battle in the Western theater of the Civil War. The two-day battle, April 6 and 7, 1862, involved about  more... Autotouring , Biking , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic

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