Meeman Shelby Forest State Park

Meeman Shelby Forest State Park / My TN State Park Fundraiser 2025

Donate to vote for Meeman-Shelby Forest 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 Meeman-Shelby Forest 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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  • Anonymous

    $103.00 / 283 days ago

    We love birding and hiking in Shelby Forest State Park. We are so lucky to have a great park so close to home.

  • Elizabeth Barnett

    $51.50 / 283 days ago

    Meeman Shelby Forest is a great place within a short distance from Memphis!!

  • Pamela Wiley

    $51.50 / 283 days ago

    I hope this contribution helps. Thanks to all the Park Rangers for your dedication to the parks !

  • Sean Alphonse

    $20.60 / 283 days ago

    Thank you!

  • Stephanie Aguilar

    $20.60 / 283 days ago

    Meeman Shelby Forest State Park is an extra special place to me. Having a state park this close to home allowed me to practice my skills with navigation, trip planning, packing essentials, building endurance and just allowed me to be me out there on the trails. There's so many beautiful bird songs to hear and the watching the park change with seasons keeps it fresh all year round.

  • Lori Thienel

    $51.50 / 286 days ago

    Grew up loving this park!

  • Gloria Robinson

    $51.50 / 288 days ago

    This is the park of my childhood. So many memories! Family picnics, fishing with my Dad, hiking with my friends and later with my nieces and nephew. 💙❤️

  • Alisa Butts

    $51.50 / 290 days ago

    This is my local state park. We don’t get there often but want to make sure it’s available for those who can’t venture further for an outdoor experience.

  • Clara Hochmuth

    $10.00 / 291 days ago

  • David Sick

    $12.88 / 291 days ago

  • Margaret A "Maggie" Conway

    $51.50 / 291 days ago

  • Lanny Coker

    $51.50 / 298 days ago

  • Elizabeth Barnett

    $25.75 / 303 days ago

  • Anonymous

    $51.50 / 305 days ago

    Love how close this state park is to the city. A great getaway for a day's hike and beautiful nature.

  • Anonymous

    $103.00 / 305 days ago

    This is my happy place! I have also started taking my staff here every year as an end of year celebration!

  • Valerie Barfield

    $20.60 / 305 days ago

  • Stephanie Kinsler

    $103.00 / 309 days ago

    We live about 10 minutes from Meeman Shelby State Park and love all that our “home” park has to offer. We have enjoyed kayaking the lake with its many “fingers” to view hawks, eagles, turtles and other wildlife. We have hiked the trails that offer varying degrees of difficulty and frisbee golfed the amazing course! However, the treasure of the park is the 8-10 miles of horse trails. We ride regular at the park and the availability of horse trails was part of the reason we moved to the Millington/Shelby Forest. Thanks for the work the park rangers, staff, and other horse rider volunteers do to maintain the park!

  • Pamela Wiley

    $51.50 / 309 days ago

    Truly appreciate the adult changing facilities and access for individuals with disabilities !

  • Garnet Brooks

    $5.15 / 312 days ago

    Looking forward to seeing the changes the park is making in the campgrounds. Thod place never fails to make a great day better no matter the time of the year I visit and I visit often!!

  • William Meacham

    $5.15 / 312 days ago

    Can’t wait to see the improvements and changes to the campground, as always this park holds a piece of my heart , carry on with a great work!

About Meeman Shelby Forest State Park

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park is a 12,539-acre hardwood bottomland area bordering the mighty Mississippi River 13 miles north of Memphis featuring mature Bald Cypress and Tupelo swamp. Most of the facilities are on top of the majestic Chickasaw Bluffs that rise from the bottomlands and are covered with large oaks, American beech, hickory and sweet gum. There are 10 state Champion Trees and two National Champion Trees as well as endangered and protected plants.

There are a variety of camping opportunities throughout the park. Meeman-Shelby Forest has six two-bedroom vacation cabins situated along the Shore of Poplar Tree Lake surrounded by woods. The cabins are ideal for family vacations or fishing parties and sleep up to six people in each. The park campground provides 49 campsites equipped with table, grill, electrical and water hookups. Meeman-Shelby Forest also offers one group camp available to youth groups and can accommodate up to 140 persons.