2 hr
By car from the Public Square, 103 mi
Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks
Savage Gulf State Park
Split from South Cumberland in October 2022: 18,462 acres of gorges on the Cumberland Plateau with the Stone Door overlook, Greeter Falls and Savage Falls. Eighteen trails and ten campgrounds, all but one of them backcountry.
Grundy CountyBeersheba SpringsOpenChecked October 20, 2026
18,462
Acres
168,757
Visitors in fiscal 2022*
18
Trails listed, 56.2 miles
Camp
Overnight: camping
5
Activities the state lists
* Visitors: Counted the year before Savage Gulf became its own park, in October 2022.
What's there
Things to do
- Camping
- Hiking
- Rock Climbing
- Swimming
- Waterfall Viewing
On site
- Campground
- Colorblind Viewfinder
- Gift Shop
- Rock Climbing
- Trails
- Waterfalls
The trails
| Trail | Miles | Difficulty | Surface | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Gulf Trail | 4 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Big Creek Rim Trail | 3.2 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Blue Hole Trail | 0.4 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Collins Gulf Trail | 3.7 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Collins Rim Trail | 6.1 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Connector Trail | 6.7 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Greeter Falls Trail | 0.5 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Greeter Trail | 1.3 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Laurel Falls Loop Trail | 0.3 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Laurel Trail | 2.9 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Mountain Oak Trail | 0.8 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| North Plateau Trail | 7.1 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| North Rim Trail | 6.3 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Ranger Falls Trail | 0.4 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Savage Day Loop Trail | 4.2 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| South Rim Trail | 5.8 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Stagecoach Road Trail | 1.6 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Stone Door Trail | 0.9 | 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.
Where to camp
- Stone Door CampgroundBackcountry Camping
- Savage Gulf Stagecoach Road CampgroundPrimitive ยท Group Camp
- Stagecoach Road CampgroundBackcountry Camping
- Savage Station CampgroundBackcountry Camping
- Savage Falls CampgroundBackcountry Camping
- Hobbs Cabin CampgroundBackcountry Camping
- Dinky Line CampgroundBackcountry Camping
- Collins West CampgroundBackcountry Camping
- Alum Gap CampgroundBackcountry Camping
- Meadow Creek CampgroundBackcountry Camping
Getting there
1183 Stone Door Rd, Beersheba Springs, TN 37305
Park office: 1-931-692-3887
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
- Fiery Gizzard State Park15 miles away as the crow flies · 1 hr 30 min from Franklin
- Fall Creek Falls State Park22 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 15 min from Franklin
- Head of the Crow State Park23 miles away as the crow flies · 1 hr 35 min from Franklin
- Rock Island State Park25 miles away as the crow flies · 1 hr 45 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 and its camping 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). Counted the year before Savage Gulf became its own park, in October 2022.