Big Cypress Tree Natural Area - Tennessee
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N 36° 11.425 W 088° 53.404
16S E 330053 N 4006724
The Big Cypress Tree Natural Area is located 5 miles west of Greenfield, TN.
Waymark Code: WM2672
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2007
Views: 26
This 330-acre natural area lies in the floodplain of the Middle Fork of the Obion River in West Tennessee.
Visitors to the 330-acre Big Cypress Tree State Park in the natural area will find a clean and peaceful park where they can relax and enjoy nature. Having a picnic in the picnic shelter is a popular activity. A variety of plant life ranging from native wild flowers to native trees may be seen here. Examples are showy evening primrose, Black-eyed Susans, yellow poplar, bald cypress, and dogwood. Wildlife seen at Big Cypress includes bluebirds, doves, hawks, owls, deer, squirrels, butterflies, bats, and many others.
The park is named for the national champion bald cypress tree that once lived on the park. The tree was the largest bald cypress in the U.S.A. and the largest tree of any species east of the Mississippi River. The tree's diameter was 13 feet and its circumference was 40 feet. The tree lived to be 1,350 years old before lightning struck and killed the tree in 1976. The lightning knocked the top out of the tree and the tree smoldered for two weeks. The tree is no longer standing at this time and cannot be seen from the two mile long bottomland trail that once led visitors to a place where the tree could be observed. The trail itself is now closed.
Park Type: Day Use
Activities:
Picnic, hiking trail, softball, basketball, geocaching
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Park Fees: Not listed
Background: Not listed
Date Established?: Not listed
Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed
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