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Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks

Buffalo River State Park

A proposed park of 448 acres in Wayne County near the Perry County line, with more than two miles of Buffalo River frontage, including the river's largest horseshoe bend, and at least 48 rare plant and animal species on record. The state lists it as temporarily closed.

Wayne CountyLindenTemporarily closed, the state saysChecked October 20, 2026

1 hr 40 min
By car from the Public Square, 84 mi
448
Acres
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Visitors: no published count
0
Trails listed by the state
Day
Day use only
0
Activities the state lists
Where Buffalo River State Park isA map of Tennessee marking Buffalo River State Park, in Wayne County, and Franklin.FRANKLIN
The black dot is Buffalo River State Park; the square is Franklin. The grey dots are the other state parks. All of them, by drive time.

What's there

Things to do

The state lists none yet.

On site

The state lists none yet.

Getting there

599 Horseshoe Bend Rd, Linden, TN 37096
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

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.

  1. The park. Tennessee State Parks: the Find a Park list, the park's own page, read October 20, 2026.
  2. Acres. Tennessee State Parks.

All 69 parks, by drive time