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Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks

Clinch River Valley State Park

Opened on the Clinch River in Hancock County, about 70 miles northeast of Knoxville, on one of the most ecologically diverse rivers in the country. The state means it to be a park built around a paddling route; for now it lists fishing and birding.

Hancock CountyKyles FordOpenChecked October 20, 2026

4 hr 40 min
By car from the Public Square, 273 mi
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Acres
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Visitors: no published count
0
Trails listed by the state
Day
Day use only
2
Activities the state lists
Where Clinch River Valley State Park isA map of Tennessee marking Clinch River Valley State Park, in Hancock County, and Franklin.FRANKLIN
The black dot is Clinch River Valley 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

  • Birding
  • Fishing

On site

  • Birding
  • Fishing
  • Gift Shop
  • Visitor Center

Getting there

2788 Tennessee 70, Kyles Ford, TN 37765
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.

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