Big Cypress Tree State Park is a state park in

Weakley County, Tennessee Weakley County is a county located in the northwest of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,021. Its county seat is Dresden. Its largest city is Martin, the home of the University of Tennessee at Martin. The ...

, located in the Southeastern United States. The park is named after a large and old

bald cypress ''Taxodium distichum'' (bald cypress, swamp cypress; french: cyprès chauve; ''cipre'' in Louisiana) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States. Hardy and tough, this tree adapts to a wide ...

tree that once stood on the park's grounds. The tree was approximately 1,350 years old when it was killed by lightning in 1976. The park consists of a 330-acre (1.3 km²) natural area situated amidst the watershed of the

Obion River The Obion River system is the primary surface water drainage system of northwestern Tennessee, United States. Description The Obion has four major forks, the North Fork, Middle Fork, South Fork and Rutherford Fork (which is named after Henr ...

External links

"Big Cypress Tree State Park"
— official site State parks of Tennessee Protected areas of Weakley County, Tennessee {{WeakleyCountyTN-geo-stub