Quick Info
Address and Phone:
20 Cabin Lane
Henderson, TN 38340
Phone: (731) 989-5141
Toll Free: (800) 458-1752
Hours Open to the Public:
8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m., -----Camper quiet time is 10:00 p.m.
Dates Closed:
Open year-round
Discounts:
Active Military, Senior Citizen Discount
Payment Types Accepted:
Free Admission
Chickasaw State Park
City: Henderson, TN
Region: West Tennessee
Subregion: Southwest
Chickasaw State Rustic Park is situated on some of the highest terrain in west Tennessee, with water recreation on Lakes Placid and La Joie. Chickasaw was one of Tennessee’s earliest state parks and has always been a place of classic state park recreation, nature, and scenery in an historic environment.
Chickasaw is primarily a recreation park, popular for its cabins and campgrounds, swimming, pleasure boating, hiking, fishing and horseback riding. ATV riding and hunting in the adjacent state forest also attract many visitors. A park recreation director, on duty during the summer months, conducts group games, arts and crafts, evening movies, campfire programs and hay rides. Bicycles are popular on park roads, and cyclists may access miles of additional roads in the adjacent Chickasaw State Forest. Hikers enjoy over 4 miles of easy to moderate hiking trails. Butterfly checklists are available for the park and its trails.
Around the turn of the century, longstanding agricultural practices combined with the hilly terrain led to significant erosion problems in this area. Development of the Chickasaw Land Use Area began in 1934 to aid people stranded on poor and eroded land and to create a wildlife reserve and recreational area.
The 1973 hit movie Walking Tall contained scenes filmed in and around the park.
From I-40 take either exit 82-A to Hwy. 45 South or 80-A (which is 45 South by-pass) to Hwy. 45 South and from there drive 20 miles to Henderson, TN. Turn right on Hwy. 100 and from there it is approximately 8 miles to the park entrance.
Get turn-by-turn direction using the interactive map above.
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Upcoming events
Date: May 26, 2012
Exit 56 Blues Fest
Location: Brownsville, TN
Date: May 25, 2012 - May 28, 2012
Sheriff Buford Pusser Festival
Location: Adamsville, TN
Date: May 1, 2012 - May 31, 2012
Outdoor Classroom Field Trip Days
Location: Wildersville, TN
Date: Apr 13, 2012 - Jun 2, 2012
Sonnets to Orpheus Art Exhibition
Location: Brownsville, TN
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