List of National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 14:47, 25 May 2014
From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee. There are 13 in total.
Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Description | |
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1 | Arnold Engineering Development Center Natural Areas | 1974 | Coffee | Contains an extremely rare virgin swamp forest and a pristine example of an open marsh. | ||
2 | Big Bone Cave | 1973 | Van Buren | Cave where giant ground sloth bones were discovered. | ||
3 | Cumberland Caverns | 1973 | Warren | Two interconnecting caves at least 27 miles (43 km) in extent. | ||
4 | Cedar Glades | 1973 | Wilson | The largest and best remaining example of the cedar glade community. | ||
5 | Conley Hole | 1973 | Grundy | One of the most spectacular and outstanding examples of a pit cave in the United States. | ||
6 | Dick Cove | 1973 | Franklin | A near virgin forest | ||
7 | Grassy Cove Karst Area | 1973 | Cumberland | One of the nation's best illustrations of karst development and underground drainage | ||
8 | The Lost Sea | 1974 | Monroe | Cavern system that includes the largest known underground lake in the country. | ||
9 | May Prairie | 1974 | Coffee | Largest and best relict prairie remaining in Tennessee. | ||
10 | McAnulty's Woods | 1973 | Hardeman | Only known example in western Tennessee of the upland forests of the Mississippi Embayment | ||
11 | Piney Falls | 1974 | Rhea | Contains a rare virgin mixed mesophytic forest stand. | ||
12 | Reelfoot Lake | 1966 | Lake, Obion | Mosaic of habitats formed as a result of the New Madrid earthquake, | ||
13 | Savage Gulf | 1971 | Grundy | A virgin forest. |