Cummins Falls State Park is a
state park located northwest of
Cookeville in
Jackson County in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
. Its namesake,
Cummins Falls, is a waterfall,
which is located on the
Blackburn Fork State Scenic River. The park was purchased and created by the
Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation
TennGreen Land Conservancy, formerly the Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation, is a non-profit land trust, established in 1998 to protect natural and scenic land in Tennessee. It is accredited by the Land Trust Alliance's Land Trust Accreditati ...
in 2011.
Activities
Picnicking, hiking, and fishing may be done at Cummins Falls State Park.
See also
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Burgess Falls State Park
Burgess Falls State Park is a state park and state natural area in Putnam County and White County, Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. The park is situated around a steep gorge in which the Falling Water River drops in eleva ...
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Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park
Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park is a state park in Van Buren and Bledsoe counties, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The over park is centered on the upper Cane Creek Gorge, an area known for its unique geological formations and scenic water ...
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Ozone Falls State Natural Area
References
External links
Official site
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State parks of Tennessee
Protected areas of Jackson County, Tennessee
Waterfalls of Tennessee
Landforms of Jackson County, Tennessee