Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park
Scenic view onto a lake in Meeman Shelby State Park
Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park is a state park in Shelby County, Tennessee near Memphis, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern United States.
The park borders the Mississippi River and contains two lakes— Poplar Tree Lake and Lake Piersol. The Meeman Museum and Nature Center— named for conservationist and journalist Edward J. Meeman, the former editor of the Memphis Press-Scimitar, — is located on the park's grounds. The park covers 13,467 acres (54.50 km2) and is the most visited state park in Tennessee.[1]
The unincorporated community Shelby Forest is adjacent to the park.
Attractions and activities available
- Biking trails
- Boating
- Cabins
- Camping
- Disc Golf course
- Fishing
- Group Camping
- Hiking Trails
- Meeman Museum and Nature Center
- Picnic Facilities
- Swimming
References
- ↑ Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture: Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park
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- Auntney Hollow
- Barnett's Woods
- Bays Mountain
- Beaman Park
- Big Bone Cave
- Campbell Bend Barrens
- Carroll Cabin Barrens Glade
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Carter
- Chimneys
- Colditz Cove
- Couchville Cedar Glade
- Crowder Cemetary Barrens
- Devils Backbone
- Dry Branch
- Duck River Complex
- Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade
- Falling Water Falls
- Fate Sanders Barrens
- Flat Rock Cedar Glade & Barrens
- Gattinger’s Cedar Glade & Barrens
- Ghost River
- Grundy Forest
- Hampton Creek Cove
- Hawkins Cove
- Hicks Gap
- Hill Forest
- Honey Creek
- House Mountain
- Hubbard’s Cave
- John & Hester Lane Cedar Glades
- John Noel at Bon Aqua
- Langford Branch
- Laurel-Snow
- Lost Creek
- Lucius Burch Jr. Forest
- Manus Road Cedar Glade
- May Prairie
- North Chickamauga Creek Gorge
- Overbridge
- Old Forest
- Ozone Falls
- Piney Falls
- Pogue Creek
- Powell River
- Radnor Lake
- Riverwoods
- Roundtop Mountain
- Rugby
- Savage Gulf
- Sequatchie Cave
- Short Mountain
- Short Springs
- Sneed Road Cedar Glade
- Stillhouse Hollow Falls
- Stinging Fork Falls
- Stones River Cedar Glade & Barrens
- Sunk Lake
- Sunnybell Cedar Glade
- Taylor Hollow
- Twin Arches
- Vesta Cedar Glade
- Vine Cedar Glade
- Virgin Falls
- Walker Branch
- Walls of Jericho
- Walterhill Floodplain
- Washmorgan Hollow
- Watauga River Bluffs
- William B. Clark
- William R. Davenport Refuge
- Wilson School Road
- Window Cliffs
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Coordinates: 35°20′37″N 90°03′37″W / 35.3436°N 90.0604°W / 35.3436; -90.0604