List of National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee
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From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee. There are 13 in total.
![List of National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee is located in Tennessee](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/USA_Tennessee_location_map.svg/550px-USA_Tennessee_location_map.svg.png)
![Big Bone Cave](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Big Bone Cave
![The Lost Sea](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
The Lost Sea
![Cumberland Caverns](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Cumberland Caverns
![Reelfoot Lake](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Reelfoot Lake
![Dick Cove](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Dick Cove
![May Prairie](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
May Prairie
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Tennessee National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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1 | Arnold Engineering Development Center Natural Areas | 1974 | Coffee | federal (Arnold Air Force Base) | Contains an extremely rare virgin swamp forest and a pristine example of an open marsh. | ||
2 | Big Bone Cave | ![]() | 1973 | 35°46′21″N 85°33′25″W / 35.7726°N 85.557°W / 35.7726; -85.557 (Big Bone Cave) | Van Buren | state | Cave where giant ground sloth bones were discovered. |
3 | Cedar Glades | ![]() | 1973 | 36°04′25″N 86°18′41″W / 36.07366°N 86.31151°W / 36.07366; -86.31151 (Cedars of Lebanon State Park) | Wilson | state (Cedars of Lebanon State Park) | The largest and best remaining example of the cedar glade community. |
4 | Conley Hole | 1973 | Grundy | private | One of the most spectacular and outstanding examples of a pit cave in the United States. | ||
5 | Cumberland Caverns | 1973 | 35°40′09″N 85°40′51″W / 35.669167°N 85.680833°W / 35.669167; -85.680833 (Cumberland Caverns) | Warren | private | Two interconnecting caves at least 27 miles (43 km) in extent. | |
6 | Dick Cove | ![]() | 1973 | 35°13′40″N 85°57′19″W / 35.227839°N 85.955392°W / 35.227839; -85.955392 (Dick Cove) | Franklin | private | A near virgin forest |
7 | Grassy Cove Karst Area | ![]() | 1973 | 35°51′24″N 84°55′35″W / 35.856787°N 84.926373°W / 35.856787; -84.926373 (Grassy Cove) | Cumberland | private | One of the nation's best illustrations of karst development and underground drainage |
8 | The Lost Sea | ![]() | 1974 | 35°32′08″N 84°25′52″W / 35.535556°N 84.431111°W / 35.535556; -84.431111 (Lost Sea) | Monroe | private | Cavern system that includes the largest known underground lake in the country. |
9 | May Prairie | 1974 | 35°27′01″N 86°01′20″W / 35.450232°N 86.022274°W / 35.450232; -86.022274 (May Prairie) | Coffee | state | Largest and best relict prairie remaining in Tennessee. | |
10 | McAnulty's Woods | 1973 | Hardeman | private | Only known example in western Tennessee of the upland forests of the Mississippi Embayment | ||
11 | Piney Falls | ![]() | 1974 | Rhea | state (Piney Falls State Natural Area) | Contains a rare virgin mixed mesophytic forest stand. | |
12 | Reelfoot Lake | ![]() | 1966 | 36°23′20″N 89°23′20″W / 36.388889°N 89.388889°W / 36.388889; -89.388889 (Reelfoot Lake) | Lake, Obion | federal (Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge) | Mosaic of habitats formed as a result of the New Madrid earthquake, |
13 | Savage Gulf | ![]() | 1971 | 35°15′32″N 85°47′20″W / 35.259°N 85.789°W / 35.259; -85.789 (Savage Gulf) | Grundy | state (Savage Gulf State Natural Area) | A virgin forest. |
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