3 hr
By car from the Public Square, 161 mi
Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks
Big Hill Pond State Park
The pond is a railroad borrow pit, dug in the 1850s when the Charleston-to-Memphis line crossed the Tuscumbia River bottoms, and it filled with water and ducks. The park has a boardwalk across the Dismal Swamp, an observation tower, the Davis Bridge battlefield and, by its plan's count, 30 miles of hiking trail.
McNairy CountyPocahontasOpenChecked October 20, 2026
4,905
Acres
49,954
Visitors in fiscal 2025
12
Trails listed, 27.7 miles
Camp
Overnight: camping
7
Activities the state lists
What's there
Things to do
- Biking
- Birding
- Camping
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback Riding
- Paddling
On site
- All-Terrain Wheelchair
- Aviary
- Basketball
- Bike Trails
- Birding
- Boat Access
- Boat Ramp
- Boat Rentals
- Camp Store
- Campground
- Canoe Access
- Disc Golf Course
- Fishing
- Gift Shop
- Honey
- Horseback Riding
- Hunting Adjacent
- Paddle Rentals
- Playground
- Rental Venue
- Trails
- Visitor Center
The trails
| Trail | Miles | Difficulty | Surface | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access Trail | 0.4 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Azalea Spring Day Loop | 2.95 | Moderate | Mixed | Open |
| Big Hill Pond Trail | 4.75 | Moderate | Mixed | Open |
| Bridge Access Trail | 0.3 | Easy | Mixed | Open |
| Dogwood Point Trail | 3.1 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Dry Ridge Trail | 2.7 | Moderate | Mixed | Open |
| Fox Hollow Trail | 0.8 | Easy | Mixed | Open |
| Horse Trail | 6 | — | Mixed | Open |
| Paved Trail | 0.4 | Easy | Paved | Open |
| Rocky Knob Trail | 2.4 | Moderate | Mixed | Open |
| Turkey Call Trail | 2.45 | Easy | Paved | Open |
| Tuscumbia Trail | 1.5 | Moderate | Mixed | Open |
As the park's hiking page lists them on October 20, 2026. Lengths are one way unless the trail is a loop, and some trails share ground, so the total is the sum of the list, not the miles on the ground.
Where to camp
- Big Hill Pond CampgroundPrimitive
- Group Camp 1Group Camp
- Tuscumbia Bend ShelterBackcountry Shelter
Getting there
1435 John Howell Road, Pocahontas, TN 38061
Park office: 1-731-645-7967
The park's page at Tennessee State Parks
Campsites, cabins and lodge rooms are booked online through the park's page or by phone at 1-888-867-2757, the state's reservation line.
Nearby
- Chickasaw State Park23 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 30 min from Franklin
- Pickwick Landing State Park27 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 35 min from Franklin
- Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park30 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 20 min from Franklin
- Middle Fork Bottoms State Park48 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 10 min from Franklin
How we know
Every fact on this page but the summary at the top is the state's, read on the date above, except the drive: that is Valhalla's route on OpenStreetMap's roads from Franklin's Public Square to the park office, with no traffic, rounded to five minutes. Visits are the park plan's count for the year named, mostly from traffic counters. How the guide was made.
- The park. Tennessee State Parks: the Find a Park list, the park's own page, its hiking page and its camping page, read October 20, 2026.
- Acres. The park's strategic management plan.
- Visitors. The park's strategic management plan, its site fact sheet for fiscal 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025).