Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park

Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park / My TN State Park Fundraiser 2025

Donate to vote for Nathan Bedford Forrest 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 Nathan Bedford Forrest 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!

  • $601

    Raised

  • $3,200

    Goal

  • 14

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  • 14

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Recent Transactions

  • Jenna Bernstein

    $25.75 / Today

    Jenna wishes she could come back and help clean the park and volunteer- I am very proud of this park and a wonderful man destroyed by rewritten history!

  • Jason Scott

    $2.06 / Today

    Beautiful park, With a Awesome name!!

  • James Patterson

    $25.75 / Today

    Nathan Bedford Forrest State park is the best in the state. A beautiful site and monument to Ole Bedford with the history of the battle that was fought on the banks of the river. The freshwater pearl exhibit adds to the experience.

  • Malinda Florence

    $30.90 / Yesterday

    I love this park!!

  • Henry Pleasants

    $1.03 / 2 days ago

  • Lee Millar

    $103.00 / 2 days ago

    This is a GREAT park and needs out support. Keep up the good work.

  • Timothy Hazlewood

    $10.30 / 5 days ago

  • Mary Ganaway

    $103.00 / 6 days ago

  • Harold Jackson

    $51.50 / 7 days ago

  • Sidney Law

    $103.00 / 7 days ago

  • Derrick Glover

    $20.60 / 11 days ago

    In Honour of the fellowship between General Forrest and the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association at Memphis on July 5, 1875.

  • Charles Murphree

    $1.03 / 14 days ago

    A beautiful Tennessee State Park that honors a great Tennessean

  • Coy Hazlewood

    $103.00 / 14 days ago

  • Miles Deck

    $20.60 / 14 days ago

About Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park

Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park began as a local park constructed by the Works Progress Administration, a Depression Era work recovery program. Now, as a Tennessee State Park, it is home to the Tennessee River Folklife Interpretive Center and Museum situated on one of the highest points in West Tennessee, Pilot Knob. The center features the lifeways and customs of folks on the Tennessee River including musseling, crafts, commercial fishing, and more. Several videos on park history, Civil War history, and river life are shown upon request. The gift shop offers a large variety of items related to the park story as well as Tennessee State Park souvenirs. The park contains more than 20 miles of hiking trails.

Overnight lodging options include cabins overlooking Kentucky Lake and your choice of RV camping or pitching a tent at our primitive campground. A third campground is reserved for supervised youth groups such as scouts. It is located on Campground Road along Harmon's Creek. Five backcountry shelters are available.