Quick facts for kids Tims Ford State Park |
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Tims Ford Lake from the campground
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Tennessee State Park |
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Location |
Franklin County, Tennessee |
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Area |
2,200 acres (8.9 km2) |
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Created |
1978 |
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Operated by |
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation |
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Open |
Year round |
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Website |
Tims Ford State Park |
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Tims Ford State Park, also known as Tims Ford State Rustic Park, is a state park in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The 2,200-acre (8.9 km2) state park is situated on the north shore of Tims Ford Lake near the north escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau, about ten miles from the city of Winchester.
Geography
Geologically, the park is located in the Highland Rim province, a hilly, slightly dissected area characterized by karst topography and scattered knobs. Terrain within the park is generally steep, except when approaching the lake shore.
Tims Ford Lake, from which the park takes its name, was formed by a TVA hydroelectric dam over the Elk River. This dam was completed in 1970. The lake itself is named after an early river crossing.
Facilities and management
The park is open year round and is managed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.
The park includes hiking trails, two campgrounds, two pavilions, a marina, and an 18-hole golf course called The Bear Trace, designed by Jack Nicklaus.
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State Forests |
- Bledsoe
- Cedars of Lebanon
- Chickasaw
- Chuck Swan
- Franklin
- John Tully
- Lewis
- Lone Mountain
- Martha Sundquist
- Natchez Trace
- Pickett
- Prentice Cooper
- Scott
- Standing Stone
- Stewart
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State Natural Areas |
- 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 Cemetery 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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Other |
Catoosa Wildlife Management Area
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Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (web) - Tennessee Department of Agriculture (web)
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