2 hr 20 min
By car from the Public Square, 130 mi
Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks
Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park
At least 17 earthen mounds across more than 400 acres near Jackson, from the Middle Woodland period, about 200 BC to AD 500; the plan calls it the largest Middle Woodland mound center in the Southeast. A museum and six trails through the mounds.
Madison CountyPinsonOpenChecked October 20, 2026
1,300
Acres*
93,509
Visitors in fiscal 2022
6
Trails listed, 7.2 miles
Day
Day use only
2
Activities the state lists
* Acres: More than 1,300, the plan says: 1,256 acres plus land moving over from the state's Division of Forestry.
What's there
Things to do
- Biking
- Hiking
On site
- Adult-Sized Changing Table
- All-Terrain Wheelchair
- Gift Shop
- Museum
- Playground
- Trails
- Visitor Center
- Wheelchair-Friendly Paved Trails
The trails
| Trail | Miles | Difficulty | Surface | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Trail | 1.05 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Earthworks Trail | 0.45 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Hudson Branch Trail | 1.3 | — | Natural | Closed |
| Mounds Great Outer Loop Trail | 2.45 | Easy | Paved | Open |
| Mounds Inner Loop Trail | 1.6 | Moderate | Paved | Open |
| Passion Flower Trail | 0.3 | Difficult | 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
460 Ozier Road, Pinson, TN 38366
Park office: 1-731-988-5614
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
- Chickasaw State Park9 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 30 min from Franklin
- Middle Fork Bottoms State Park20 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 10 min from Franklin
- Big Hill Pond State Park30 miles away as the crow flies · 3 hr from Franklin
- Natchez Trace State Park31 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. More than 1,300, the plan says: 1,256 acres plus land moving over from the state's Division of Forestry.
- Visitors. The park's strategic management plan, its site fact sheet for fiscal 2022 (July 2021 to June 2022).