Standing Stone Forest and State Park
Standing Stone State Park covers nearly 11,000 acres on the Cumberland Plateau of north-central Tennessee. This quaint and rustic park is noted for its outstanding scenery, spring wildflowers, fossils and other natural diversity.
The park is located in Overton County within a triangle formed by highways connecting Livingston, Gainesboro and Celina,Tennessee. In the 1930's, Standing Stone was an area plagued with soil erosion and sub-marginal lands. With the assistance of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Work Projects Administration, the Resettlement Administration and U.S. Forest Service, the area was made productive again.
The park takes its name from the Standing Stone, an eight-foot tall rock standing upright on a sandstone ledge, which was supposedly used as a boundary line between two separate Indian nations. When the rock fell, the Indians placed a portion of it upon an improvised monument to preserve it. The stone is still preserved in Monterey, Tennessee.
For More Information
1756 Standing Stone Park Hwy
Hilham , Tennessee 38568-6610
Phone: 931-823-6347
Website: http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/StandingStone/
Nearby Attractions
- Brenda's Country Cooking, 2.5 miles away
- Cherry's Grocery Store - 3 Way In, 2.5 miles away
- Horse Creek Resort, 3.1 miles away
- Wildwood Manor, 3.2 miles away
- Maple Grove School, 4.5 miles away
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