Pickwick Landing State Park is a

state park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

in Pickwick Dam,

Hardin County, Tennessee Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. The county seat is Savannah. Hardin County is located north of and along the borders of Mississippi and Alabama. The county wa ...

, located in the

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. The park is situated around the Pickwick Lake impoundment of the

Tennessee River The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names, ...

, and is named for Pickwick Landing, a 19th-century

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stop.

History

The park was created in 1969 when the state of Tennessee purchased the town of Pickwick Village from the

Tennessee Valley Authority The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina ...

Amenities

The park contains a golf course, a 119-room inn, ten cabins, two campgrounds, two picnic pavilions, The Captain's Galley Restaurant, and a marina.

Campgrounds

The main campground has 48 sites, each equipped with a picnic table, grill, and electrical and water hook-ups. The other campground, Bruton Branch Campground, has 33 sites.

References

External links

Official website
State parks of Tennessee Protected areas of Hardin County, Tennessee {{HardinCountyTN-geo-stub