List of National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee

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There are 13 National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee.

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! style="background-color:{{NNL color}}" | Name

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! style="background-color:{{NNL color}}" | Date

! style="background-color:{{NNL color}}" | Location

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Arnold Engineering Development Center Natural Areas

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| {{dts|1974}}

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| Coffee

| federal (Arnold Air Force Base)

| Contains an extremely rare virgin swamp forest and a pristine example of an open marsh.

Big Bone Cave

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| {{dts|1973}}

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85.557|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Big Bone Cave}}

| Van Buren

| state

| Cave where giant ground sloth bones were discovered.

Cedar Glades

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| {{dts|1973}}

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86.31151|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Cedars of Lebanon State Park}}

| Wilson

| state (Cedars of Lebanon State Park)

| The largest and best remaining example of the cedar glade community.

Conley Hole

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| {{dts|1973}}

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| Grundy

| private

| One of the most spectacular and outstanding examples of a pit cave in the United States.

Cumberland Caverns

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| {{dts|1973}}

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85.680833|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Cumberland Caverns}}

| Warren

| private

| Two interconnecting caves at least {{convert|27|mi|km}} in extent.

Dick Cove

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| {{dts|1973}}

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85.955392|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Dick Cove}}

| Franklin

| private

| A near virgin forest

Grassy Cove Karst Area

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| {{dts|1973}}

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84.926373|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Grassy Cove}}

| Cumberland

| private

| One of the nation's best illustrations of karst development and underground drainage

The Lost Sea

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| {{dts|1974}}

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84.431111|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Lost Sea}}

| Monroe

| private

| Cavern system that includes the largest known underground lake in the country.

May Prairie

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| {{dts|1974}}

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86.022274|type:landmark|display=inline|name=May Prairie}}

| Coffee

| state

| Largest and best relict prairie remaining in Tennessee.

McAnulty's Woods

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| {{dts|1973}}

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| Hardeman

| private

| Only known example in western Tennessee of the upland forests of the Mississippi Embayment

Piney Falls

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| {{dts|1974}}

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| Rhea

| state (Piney Falls State Natural Area)

| Contains a rare virgin mixed mesophytic forest stand.

Reelfoot Lake

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| {{dts|1966}}

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| Lake, Obion

| federal (Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge)

| Mosaic of habitats formed as a result of the New Madrid earthquake,

Savage Gulf

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| {{dts|1971}}

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85.789|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Savage Gulf}}

| Grundy

| state (Savage Gulf State Natural Area)

| A virgin forest.

See also