Neely's Bend is a major bend in the

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just northeast of

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and south of the Nashville suburb of

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. This area contains several hundred acres and is some of the most

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land remaining in

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, especially toward its southern end, with several large farms including a major

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operation. At the southernmost point is a boat ramp onto the Cumberland, which is the major current feature of

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, a property of the Metropolitan Nashville Department of Parks and Recreation that is as of 2006 still largely undeveloped. Peeler Park contains a model airplane landing strip and a new greenway. The northern end includes a

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and an

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. The land within the bend is mostly visible from neighborhoods across the river (and atop river bluffs) in Donelson and East Nashville. The area's lack of development is largely due to its lack of accessibility; there is no ferry or bridge across the Cumberland from Neely's Bend into Nashville proper and access to the southern end is only by a narrow two-lane road.

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