1 hr 10 min
By car from the Public Square, 65 mi
Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks
Dunbar Cave State Park
A cave on the edge of Clarksville whose walls carry Mississippian art from the late 1200s. The land was a plantation where more than 100 people were enslaved, a freedmen's village during the Civil War, then a resort Roy Acuff owned. Going inside takes a guided tour, May through September.
Montgomery CountyClarksvilleOpenChecked October 20, 2026
140
Acres
69,970
Visitors in fiscal 2024
5
Trails listed, 3 miles
Day
Day use only
2
Activities the state lists
What's there
Things to do
- Caving
- Hiking
On site
- Adult-Sized Changing Table
- Birding
- Gift Shop
- Museum
- Trails
- Visitor Center
- Wheelchair-Friendly Paved Trails
The trails
| Trail | Miles | Difficulty | Surface | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar's Path | 1.1 | Moderate | Mixed | Open |
| Flint Knapper Trail | 0.55 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Grassland Trail | 0.75 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Resort Trail | 0.45 | Easy | Paved | Open |
| Trailhead Connector | 0.15 | Easy | Natural | 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.
Getting there
401 Old Dunbar Cave Road, Clarksville, TN 37043
Park office: 1-931-648-5526
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
- Port Royal State Park9 miles away as the crow flies · 1 hr 10 min from Franklin
- Harpeth River State Park30 miles away as the crow flies · 40 min from Franklin
- Montgomery Bell State Park31 miles away as the crow flies · 45 min from Franklin
- Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park39 miles away as the crow flies · 30 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, read October 20, 2026.
- Acres. The park's strategic management plan.
- Visitors. The park's strategic management plan, its site fact sheet for fiscal 2024 (July 2023 to June 2024).