3 hr 30 min
By car from the Public Square, 216 mi
Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks
T.O. Fuller State Park
Opened in 1938 as Shelby County Negro State Park, one of the few recreation areas open to Black residents of Memphis during segregation; it is inside the city. A pool, a campground, shelters and short trails; the plan says the pool draws the neighborhoods and the campground draws travelers.
Shelby CountyMemphisOpenChecked October 20, 2026
1,200
Acres*
885,887
Visitors in fiscal 2022
11
Trails listed, 8.1 miles
Camp
Overnight: camping
5
Activities the state lists
* Acres: More than 1,200, the plan says.
What's there
Things to do
- Birding
- Camping
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Swimming
On site
- Adult-Sized Changing Table
- All-Terrain Wheelchair
- Aviary
- Birding
- Campground
- Colorblind Viewfinder
- Gift Shop
- Laundromat
- Meeting Rooms
- Museum
- Playground
- Swimming
- Swimming Pool
- Trails
- Visitor Center
- Wheelchair-Friendly Paved Trails
The trails
| Trail | Miles | Difficulty | Surface | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessible Trail | 0.5 | Easy | Paved | Open |
| Discovery Trail - Blue Section | 0.45 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Discovery Trail - Orange Trail | — | — | Natural | Open |
| Discovery Trail - Purple Section | 0.4 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Discovery Trail - Red Section | 0.5 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Discovery Trail - White Section | 0.35 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Discovery Trail - Yellow Section | 0.75 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Discovery Trail Overlook Spur | 0.4 | — | Natural | Open |
| Initiation Loop | 1.95 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Storybook Trail | 0.44 | Easy | Paved | Open |
| Tires to Trails | 2.4 | 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.
Where to camp
- T.O. Fuller State Park CampgroundTent & RV
Getting there
1500 W. Mitchell Road, Memphis, TN 38109
Park office: 1-901-543-7581
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
- Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park20 miles away as the crow flies · 3 hr 25 min from Franklin
- Fort Pillow State Park43 miles away as the crow flies · 3 hr 35 min from Franklin
- Big Hill Pond State Park79 miles away as the crow flies · 3 hr from Franklin
- Chickasaw State Park79 miles away as the crow flies · 2 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 and its camping page, read October 20, 2026.
- Acres. The park's strategic management plan. More than 1,200, the plan says.
- Visitors. The park's strategic management plan, its site fact sheet for fiscal 2022 (July 2021 to June 2022).