Harpeth River State Park

State Park in Tennessee, United States

Harpeth River State Park

View of the outlet from inside the tunnel during drought conditions

Type| Tennessee State Park
Location| Cheatham and Davidson counties
Coordinates| 36°08′48″N 87°07′15″W﻿ / ﻿36.14661°N 87.12072°W﻿ / 36.14661; -87.12072
Operated by| Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
Website| Harpeth River State Park

Harpeth River State Park is a state park in Cheatham and Davidson counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The park is a linear park that was created to connect several state historic, natural, and archaeological sites along the lower Harpeth River. The park includes an incised meander in the river known as the Narrows of the Harpeth and its associated national historic landmark, the Montgomery Bell Tunnel. The park also includes the Mound Bottom and Mace Bluff archaeological sites, the Newsom's Mill Historic Site, the Gossett Tract State Natural Area, and a section of land at Hidden Lakes.[1]

The Montgomery Bell Tunnel is a man-made water feature in Cheatham County, Tennessee, which directs water through a tunnel at a narrow portion of an oxbow on the Harpeth River. Created in 1818 by Montgomery Bell, the 290-foot (88 m) long tunnel (state park signs at the tunnel give its length as 200 feet) was devised to power an iron-manufacturing operation known as Pattison Forge. The area is now protected as being a Tennessee state park, as well as a National Historic Landmark.

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1. ^ "Tennessee State Parks Partner With American Canoe Association for Kayak Instruction". tn.gov. Tennessee Gov. May 10, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022. "Participating Tennessee State Parks include: Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, Chickasaw State Park and Harpeth River State Park."

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Protected areas of Tennessee

Federal|

| National Battlefields and Military Parks|

* Chickamauga and Chattanooga
* Fort Donelson
* Shiloh
* Stones River

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National Forests|

* Cherokee

National Historic Sites and Historical Parks|

* Andrew Johnson
* Cumberland Gap
* Manhattan Project

National Parks|

* Great Smoky Mountains

National Parkways|

* Foothills
* Natchez Trace

National Recreation Areas|

* Big South Fork
* Land Between the Lakes

National Trails|

* Appalachian
* Butterfield Overland
* Natchez Trace
* Overmountain Victory
* Trail of Tears

National Wild and Scenic Rivers|

* Obed River

National Wildlife Refuges|

* Chickasaw
* Cross Creeks
* Hatchie
* Lake Isom
* Lower Hatchie
* Paint Rock River
* Reelfoot
* Tennessee

Other|

* National Historic Landmarks
* National Natural Landmarks
* National Register of Historic Places
* Wilderness Areas

State|

| East Tennessee
state parks|

* Big Ridge
* Booker T. Washington
* Cove Lake
* Cumberland Mountain
* David Crockett Birthplace
* Fall Creek Falls
* Fort Loudoun
* Frozen Head
* Harrison Bay
* Hiwassee/Ocoee
* Indian Mountain
* Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail
* Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork
* Norris Dam
* Panther Creek
* Red Clay
* Roan Mountain
* Seven Islands
* Sycamore Shoals
* Warriors' Path

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Middle Tennessee
state parks|

* Bicentennial Capitol Mall
* Bledsoe Creek
* Burgess Falls
* Cedars Of Lebanon
* Cordell Hull Birthplace
* Cummins Falls
* David Crockett
* Dunbar Cave
* Edgar Evins
* Fall Creek Falls
* Harpeth River
* Henry Horton
* Johnsonville
* Long Hunter
* Montgomery Bell
* Mousetail Landing
* Old Stone Fort
* Pickett
* Port Royal
* Radnor Lake
* Rock Island
* Sgt. Alvin C. York
* South Cumberland
* Standing Stone
* Tims Ford

West Tennessee
state parks|

* Big Cypress Tree
* Big Hill Pond
* Chickasaw
* Fort Pillow
* Meeman-Shelby Forest
* Natchez Trace
* Nathan Bedford Forrest
* Paris Landing
* Pickwick Landing
* Pinson Mounds
* Reelfoot Lake
* T. O. Fuller

State forests|

* Bledsoe
* Cedars of Lebanon
* Chickasaw
* Chuck Swan
* Franklin
* John Tully
* Lewis
* Lone Mountain
* Martha Sundquist
* Natchez Trace
* Pickett
* Prentice Cooper
* Scott
* Standing Stone
* Stewart

State natural areas|

* Auntney Hollow
* Barnett's Woods
* Bays Mountain
* Beaman Park
* Big Bone Cave
* Campbell Bend Barrens
* Carroll Cabin Barrens Glade
* Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Carter
* Chimneys
* Colditz Cove
* Couchville Cedar Glade
* Crowder Cemetery Barrens
* Devils Backbone
* Dry Branch
* Duck River Complex
* Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade
* Falling Water Falls
* Fate Sanders Barrens
* Flat Rock Cedar Glade & Barrens
* Gattinger’s Cedar Glade & Barrens
* Ghost River
* Grundy Forest
* Hampton Creek Cove
* Hawkins Cove
* Hicks Gap
* Hill Forest
* Honey Creek
* House Mountain
* Hubbard’s Cave
* John & Hester Lane Cedar Glades
* John Noel at Bon Aqua
* Langford Branch
* Laurel-Snow
* Lost Creek
* Lucius Burch Jr. Forest
* Manus Road Cedar Glade
* May Prairie
* North Chickamauga Creek Gorge
* Old Forest
* Overbridge
* Ozone Falls
* Piney Falls
* Pogue Creek
* Powell River Preserve
* Radnor Lake
* Riverwoods
* Roundtop Mountain
* Rugby
* Savage Gulf
* Sequatchie Cave
* Short Mountain
* Short Springs
* Sneed Road Cedar Glade
* Stillhouse Hollow Falls
* Stinging Fork Falls
* Stones River Cedar Glade & Barrens
* Sunk Lake
* Sunnybell Cedar Glade
* Taylor Hollow
* Twin Arches
* Vesta Cedar Glade
* Vine Cedar Glade
* Virgin Falls
* Walker Branch
* Walls of Jericho
* Walterhill Floodplain
* Washmorgan Hollow
* Watauga River Bluffs
* William B. Clark
* William R. Davenport Refuge
* Wilson School Road
* Window Cliffs

Other|

* Buffalo Ridge Refuge
* Catoosa Wildlife Management Area

* Tennessee Department of Agriculture
* Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

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