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Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks

Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park

Alvin York's farm in the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf at Pall Mall: the World War I Medal of Honor recipient's home, his gristmill on the Wolf River and his grave. The home tour runs daily.

Fentress CountyPall MallOpenChecked October 20, 2026

2 hr 35 min
By car from the Public Square, 148 mi
315
Acres
371,328
Visitors in fiscal 2022
4
Trails listed, 1.4 miles
Day
Day use only
4
Activities the state lists
Where Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park isA map of Tennessee marking Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park, in Fentress County, and Franklin.FRANKLIN
The black dot is Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic 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
  • Fishing
  • Hiking
  • Tours

On site

  • All-Terrain Wheelchair
  • Fishing
  • Gift Shop
  • Museum
  • Trails
  • Visitor Center

The trails

Trails at Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park, as the state lists them
TrailMilesDifficultySurfaceNow
Homestead Trail1DifficultMixedOpen
Sgt. York Burial Site Trail0.25EasyNaturalClosed
Trench Trail0.15DifficultMixedOpen
Yellow Doors Trail——NaturalOpen

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

2609 North York Hwy, Pall Mall, TN 38577
Park office: 1-931-879-6456
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

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.

  1. The park. Tennessee State Parks: the Find a Park list, the park's own page, its hiking page, read October 20, 2026.
  2. Acres. The park's strategic management plan.
  3. 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