hiking area in Nashville

Tennessee's 56 state parks and 85 natural areas offer diverse natural, recreational and cultural experiences for individuals, families and groups.

Shelby Bottoms Nature Center provides free nature education programs for the public in a beautiful 935 acre urban natural area, Shelby Bottoms Greenway.

Hitz-Rhodehamel is a large, high quality forest spanning ridge tops, ravines and upland areas. An array of wildflowers dot the ravines in early spring while the fall colors of this Brown County f…