2 hr 10 min
By car from the Public Square, 129 mi
Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks
Middle Fork Bottoms State Park
Farm fields along the channelized Middle Fork of the Forked Deer River near Jackson that flooded too often to farm, bought for flood relief and dedicated as a state park on August 12, 2024. Four miles of paved trail through cypress, savanna and wetland, and river access for paddlers.
Madison CountyHumboldtOpenChecked October 20, 2026
861
Acres
68,416
Visitors in fiscal 2025
1
Trails listed, 3.9 miles
Day
Day use only
5
Activities the state lists
What's there
Things to do
- Biking
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Paddling
On site
- Bike Trails
- Birding
- Canoe Access
- Fishing
- Paddle Rentals
- Trails
- Wheelchair-Friendly Paved Trails
The trails
| Trail | Miles | Difficulty | Surface | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paved Trail | 3.9 | Easy | Paved | 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
111 Sanders Bluff Road, Humboldt, TN 38343
Park office: 1-713-435-6725
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
- Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park20 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 20 min from Franklin
- Chickasaw State Park26 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 30 min from Franklin
- Big Cypress Tree State Park30 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 45 min from Franklin
- Natchez Trace State Park33 miles away as the crow flies · 1 hr 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 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025).