List of National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee

From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmark

National Natural Landmark

The National Natural Landmark program recognizes and encourages the conservation of outstanding examples of the natural history of the United States. It is the only natural areas program of national scope that identifies and recognizes the best examples of biological and geological features in...

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Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

. There are 13 in total, X are lakes or pond, Y are forests, Z are other.

	Name	County	Description
1	Arnold Engineering Development Center Natural Areas	Coffee Coffee County, Tennessee Coffee County is a county located in south-central portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of the counties of Middle Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 52,796. Its county seat is Manchester....	Contains an extremely rare virgin swamp forest and a pristine example of an open marsh.
2	Big Bone Cave Big Bone Cave Big Bone Cave is a cave located in Van Buren County, Tennessee in the community of Bone Cave. It is notable both for its history and current recreational use. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a State Natural Area managed by Rock Island State Park . It is named for...	Van Buren	Cave where giant ground sloth bones were discovered.
3	Cumberland Cavern Cumberland Caverns Cumberland Caverns is the second to third longest cave in Tennessee, USA. It has a surveyed length of 27.616 miles , which makes it the 14th longest cave in the United States and the 64th longest cave in the World....	Warren	Two interconnecting caves at least 27 miles (43.5 km) in extent.
4	Cedar Glades Cedar glades A cedar glade is a habitat type unique to the central eastern United States. Cedar glades occur where limestone bedrock occurs near or at the surface. The glade areas proper have very shallow soil or exposed bedrock in some areas. Because of the shallow soil and the extreme conditions created by...	Wilson	The largest and best remaining example of the cedar glade community.
5	Conley Hole	Grundy	One of the most spectacular and outstanding examples of a pit cave in the United States.
6	Dick Cove	Franklin Franklin County, Tennessee Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 41,052. Its county seat is Winchester.Franklin County is part of the Tullahoma, Tennessee, Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...	A near virgin forest
7	Grassy Cove Karst Area Grassy Cove Grassy Cove is an enclosed valley in Cumberland County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The valley is notable for its karst formations, which have been designated a National Natural Landmark...	Cumberland	One of the nation's best illustrations of karst development and underground drainage
8	The Lost Sea	Monroe	Cavern system that includes the largest known underground lake in the country.
9	May Prairie	Coffee Coffee County, Tennessee Coffee County is a county located in south-central portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of the counties of Middle Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 52,796. Its county seat is Manchester....	Largest and best relict prairie remaining in Tennessee.
10	McAnulty's Woods	Hardeman	Only known example in western Tennessee of the upland forests of the Mississippi Embayment
11	Piney Falls	Rhea Rhea County, Tennessee Rhea County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population was 28,400. Its county seat is Dayton.-Geography:According to the U.S...	Contains a rare virgin mixed mesophytic forest stand.
12	Reelfoot Lake Reelfoot Lake Reelfoot Lake is a shallow natural lake located in the northwest portion of Tennessee, United States of America. Much of it is really more of a swamp, with bayou-like ditches connecting more open bodies of water called basins, the largest of which is called Blue Basin. Reelfoot Lake is noted for...	Lake, Obion	Mosaic of habitats formed as a result of the New Madrid earthquake New Madrid earthquake The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes were an intense intraplate earthquake series beginning with an initial pair of very large earthquakes on December 16, 1811. These earthquakes remain the most powerful earthquakes ever to hit the eastern United States in recorded history... ,
13	Savage Gulf	Grundy	A virgin forest.

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