David Crockett Birthplace State Park

Where David Crockett was born in 1786, on the Nolichucky River near Limestone, with a replica cabin and an 88-site campground. The park's own page says it is closed after the September 2024 flood and reopening trails in phases, though the state's list shows it open.

Greene CountyLimestoneOpenChecked October 20, 2026

4 hr 25 min

By car from the Public Square, 275 mi

107

Acres

422,674

Visitors in fiscal 2022

Trails listed by the state

Camp

Overnight: camping

Activities the state lists

The black dot is David Crockett Birthplace 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

Getting there

1245 Davy Crockett Park Rd, Limestone, TN 37681
Park office: 1-423-930-7192
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

Rocky Fork State Park13 miles away as the crow flies · 5 hr from Franklin
Warriors' Path State Park22 miles away as the crow flies · 4 hr 35 min from Franklin
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park24 miles away as the crow flies · 4 hr 45 min from Franklin
Roan Mountain State Park32 miles away as the crow flies · 5 hr 15 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, read October 20, 2026.
Acres. The park's strategic management plan.
Visitors. The park's strategic management plan, its site fact sheet for fiscal 2022 (July 2021 to June 2022).

All 69 parks, by drive time