List of National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee
From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee. There are 13 in total.
Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
1 | Arnold Engineering Development Center Natural Areas | Coffee | federal | Contains an extremely rare virgin swamp forest and a pristine example of an open marsh. | |||
2 | Big Bone Cave | Van Buren | state | Cave where giant ground sloth bones were discovered. | |||
3 | Cedar Glades | Wilson | state | The largest and best remaining example of the cedar glade community. | |||
4 | Conley Hole | Grundy | private | One of the most spectacular and outstanding examples of a pit cave in the United States. | |||
5 | Cumberland Caverns | Warren | private | Two interconnecting caves at least in extent. | |||
6 | Dick Cove | Franklin | private | A near virgin forest | |||
7 | Grassy Cove Karst Area | Cumberland | private | One of the nation's best illustrations of karst development and underground drainage | |||
8 | The Lost Sea | Monroe | private | Cavern system that includes the largest known underground lake in the country. | |||
9 | May Prairie | Coffee | state | Largest and best relict prairie remaining in Tennessee. | |||
10 | McAnulty's Woods | Hardeman | private | Only known example in western Tennessee of the upland forests of the Mississippi Embayment | |||
11 | Piney Falls | Rhea | state | Contains a rare virgin mixed mesophytic forest stand. | |||
12 | Reelfoot Lake | Lake, Obion | federal | Mosaic of habitats formed as a result of the New Madrid earthquake, | |||
13 | Savage Gulf | Grundy | state | A virgin forest. |