Big Ridge State Park
Big Ridge State Park / My TN State Park Fundraiser 2025
Donate to vote for Big Ridge State Park as your favorite Tennessee State Park in the My TN State Park Fundraiser!
For the entire month of April, Tennessee State Park supporters can donate to vote for their favorite Tennessee State Park. That means if Big Ridge State Park is your favorite, you can donate to vote for us, and we’ll use your donations to improve our park!
Your contributions significantly enhance the quality of our state parks. Donations support a range of vital projects, including improving hiking trails and bridges, conserving habitats for wildlife, upgrading playgrounds, installing interpretive signage, enhancing living conditions for our raptor friends, and bolstering equipment and supplies for emergency rescue services. Your support makes these essential projects possible, creating a better and more enjoyable experience for everyone who visits our state parks!
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$2,501
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$3,500
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23
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Recent Transactions
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Anonymous
$103.00 / 283 days ago
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Joseph Ray
$154.50 / 283 days ago
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NANCY NJEZIC
$206.00 / 283 days ago
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Gordon Catlett
$10.30 / 283 days ago
Best park in Tennessee! The staff is amazing! Always willing to go the extra mile to help campers out!
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Anonymous
$25.75 / 284 days ago
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Randal Graham
$1,000.00 / 285 days ago
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Melissa Johnston
$51.50 / 286 days ago
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Duren Thompson
$74.16 / 288 days ago
I consider this my "home park" and will always support its maintenance and growth. I've been enjoying this park since 1985, multiple times a year, particularly the group camp site. Like all the TN state parks, they do great things and deserve our support. Knoxvillian
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Anonymous
$154.50 / 290 days ago
Love to sit by the lake, listen to the rustle of the trees, spy a deer, and just relax. The Rangers and Super are doing an outstanding job keeping the park clean and trying to restore the historical buildings as well as the area history.
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Robin Warwick
$25.75 / 290 days ago
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Anonymous
$103.00 / 295 days ago
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Leigh Ann Braden
$10.30 / 296 days ago
Big Ridge is a great State Park. The staff there is amazing and are always so helpful and friendly.
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Jessi Webb
$25.75 / 297 days ago
Big Ridge will always be my home. From Kathy, Jeri and Fontella in the park office to Mr. Howell, Alan Wasik and many others. So many wonderful memories growing up there.
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Wendy Taft
$1.03 / 298 days ago
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Sheri Doubrley
$30.90 / 298 days ago
We love going to Big Ridge. We've been to several programs, including a dining experience and an owl prowl, and enjoyed them thoroughly. We hope to do a full moon float very soon. It's wonderful having such a lovely place to spend time outdoors close to home. Keep up the good work!!
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Elizbeth Anderson
$20.60 / 310 days ago
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About Big Ridge State Park
The heavily forested, 3,687-acre park is located in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley range, characterized by narrow ridges flanked by fertile stream valleys. Big Ridge State Park’s topography is dominated by three of these ridge systems giving the area its beautiful lake and scenery.
The park is home to a variety of activities for the whole family. Big Ridge State Park consists of more than 15 miles of hiking trails ranging from easy to very rugged. You can hike along dry ridges, lush hollows, old roadbeds, lakeshores and beside cemeteries and remnants of early settlements. The park has 50 campsites on or near Norris Lake to accommodate RVs, trailers and tent campers. Each site offers amenities such as water, 50-amp electrical hookups and a picnic table with a grill. There is a group camp that accommodates up to 120 people with 19 screened-in bunkhouses. There are three backcountry campsites that are hike-in only.