Hiking
and Mountain Biking
at Dale Hollow Lake
Pickett
County's tranquil setting offers a bounty for hikers and mountain
bikers. Pickett County offers many old logging trails, that
only the locals know about, but private tours can be arranged
through the Chamber. Pickett County also has Pickett State
Rustic Park, with 11,750 acres of pristine wilderness with
scenic botanical and geological wonders. Rustic cabins and
chalets offer lodgining. Big South Fork, a national park offers
primitive wilderness with vast timberlands, great cliffs and
gorges and unusual rock formations, such as the Twin Arches.
All within an hours drive of beautiful
Dale Hollow Lake!
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www.cordellhullmuseum.com
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Bunkum Cave. With its mouth over 100
feet wide by 30 feet high and bisected by a small, clear
stream, Bunkum Cave has been a delight to generations
of adventuresome local explorers for years.Cordell Hull
Birthplace and Museum State Park
1300 Cordell Hill Memorial Drive
Byrdstown, TN 38549
Telephone: (931) 864-3247
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More
than 58 miles of hiking trails meander through the wilds
of Pickett. Many are lined with thick groves of thododendron
and afford views of majestic forests, caves, natural
bridges, waterfalls and sheer rock bluffs. Trail maps
and other literature are available at the park office.
Call for information and reservations contact Pickett
State Park- (931) 879-5821
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Crystal
Falls
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Hike
to Hazard Hazard Cave
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Canoe
under Natural Bridge or Hike and walk on it!
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Swinging
Bridge!
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Playground
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Water
Tower
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Big South Fork
National River & Recreation Area
4564 Leatherwood Road
Oneida, TN 37841
Tel : (423) 569-9778
Fax: (423) 569-5505
Big South Fork National Park - www.nps.gov/biso
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The
Big South Fork area abounds in dramatic cliffs,
over 100 miles of hiking and mountain biking groomed
trails, arches, and rockshelters. Because of the
highly resistant sandstone cap, differential weathering
has created some spectacular features. One of the
most popular destinations in the park is the Twin
Arches
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Waterfall
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Twin Arches Trail
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Useful
Numbers
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Byrdstown
Pickett County Chamber of Commerce
Toll-free : 1-888-406-4704
byrdstown@tnaccess.com
Bunkum Cave-Cordell Hull Birthplace and
Museum State Park
1300 Cordell Hill Memorial Drive
Byrdstown, TN 38549
Telephone: (931) 864-3247
www.cordellhullmuseum.com
Cumberland
Transit
clothing and equipment for the great outdoors!
Tel : (615) 321.4069
www.ctransit.com
Pickett State Park - (931) 879-5821
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
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Tel : (423) 569-9778
www.nps.gov/biso
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Pickett
County is the most spectacular
place you've never heard of!
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Click
here for
your FREE TN Vacation Guide!
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Call
the Chamber for your FREE Pickett County Visitors
Guide!
Toll-free
1-888-406-4704
by e-mail dalehollow@twlakes.net
"Swimmin' Holes
& Fishin' Poles!"
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