Pickett State Park

Pickett State Park / My TN State Park Fundraiser 2025

Donate to vote for Pickett CCC Memorial 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 Pickett CCC Memorial State Park is your favorite, you can donate to vote for us, and we’ll use your donations to improve our park! 

Your votes show that our park is loved, meaningful, and supported, and because we retain the donated funds, we can make our park even better.  

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  • $4,000

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  • Theo Wellington

    $25.75 / 283 days ago

    Best dark skies in Tennessee! The aurora last year was amazing from here!!!!

  • Meredith Bray

    $51.50 / 283 days ago

  • Lynn Green

    $51.50 / 283 days ago

  • Andrea Ludwig

    $309.00 / 283 days ago

    We bring our dogs there to stay in CCC Cabin #5 every year. Fantastic experience every time!

  • Amy Kammerman

    $25.75 / 283 days ago

    Really love this park. It is unique and beautiful in so many ways and every time I tell people about it they either love it already or put it on their list of parks to visit. Love the CCC history and the cabins are amazing. The hiking is beautiful and love the star gazing!

  • Van Bunch

    $100.00 / 283 days ago

  • Sharon Shoudis

    $103.00 / 283 days ago

    Love this park, we enjoyed our stay in the old CCC cabin, the cleanliness of the cabin and the park, we will back.

  • Cary Vielhauer

    $25.75 / 283 days ago

  • Anonymous

    $1,030.00 / 288 days ago

    Amazing arches and other geologic formations. Remote, so never crowded.

  • Kisha Durst

    $51.50 / 293 days ago

    Pickett State Park is a magical place with amazing Rangers. The trails and programs are great!

  • Anonymous

    $103.00 / 296 days ago

    I have been camping and hiking at PSP since I was a child, have brought my children, and am now sharing the park with my grandchildren! It is a wonderful place!

  • Theo Wellington

    $25.75 / 298 days ago

    This is my favorite dark sky fix. I was unbelievably fortunate to be at the park for the amazing auroral display last year!

  • Barbra Turner

    $103.00 / 298 days ago

    This park had been on my bucket list for several years. I finally made it last fall for a visit and can’t wait to get back!

  • Jessica LeBlanc

    $51.50 / 298 days ago

    We’ve enjoyed annual family reunions at Pickett for as long as I’ve been alive and now my kids enjoy the tradition as well. Beautiful park, friendly Rangers, peaceful experience!

  • Liana Mori

    $51.50 / 298 days ago

    This park is stunning. The geology here is spectacular. The staff are wonderful, knowledgeable and deeply care about this special place.

  • William Smith

    $51.50 / 299 days ago

    As President of the Friends of Pickett Park I'm intimately involved in many park events and know how the rangers & staff go beyond the normal for the park. If you've been to the park - you know! Help them do more by contributing and spreading the word of this fundraiser. Share the links: Homepage: https://tnstateparksconservancy.org/my-tn-state-park-fundraiser/ or specifically for Pickett: https://tennesseestateparksconservancy-bloom.kindful.com/my-tn-state-park-fundraiser-2025/pickett-state-park1 Let's make this a great fundraiser! Thanks!

  • Anonymous

    $61.80 / 300 days ago

    Best park in an excellent state-wide system!

  • Vicki Huff

    $51.50 / 303 days ago

    This is my favorite TN state park because of the beautiful surroundings, the historic CCC cabins, and the history of the CCC during FDR's New Deal

  • Anonymous

    $25.75 / 305 days ago

  • William Councill

    $20.60 / 310 days ago

    We love Pickett. Awesome hiking trails and lake!

  • Teacia Irwin

    $51.50 / 310 days ago

    Love Pickett State Park! Thank you for all you do.

  • Anonymous

    $5.00 / 310 days ago

    Pickett is so beautiful with a caring staff!

  • Andrea Garrett

    $10.30 / 310 days ago

  • Vickie McDonald

    $25.75 / 311 days ago

    I love Pickett State Park. We hike and kayak there often. We have also enjoyed some of the night programs. The park trails are always clean and well maintained.

  • Vince Dad Betro

    $20.60 / 311 days ago

About Pickett State Park

Pickett CCC Memorial State Park lies within the 20,887-acres Pickett State Forest and is adjacent to the massive 125,000 acre Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. In 1933, the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company donated nearly 12,000 acres of land to the State of Tennessee to be developed as a forest recreational area. Initial development of the area by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) occurred between 1934 through 1942. The CCC constructed hiking trails, five rustic cabins, a recreation lodge, a ranger station, and a 12-acre lake. The park memorializes and preserves the unique work of the CCC who first developed the park.

In 2015, Pickett CCC Memorial State Park and Pogue Creek Canyon State Natural Area earned Silver-tier International Dark Sky Park designation. It became the first state park in the Southeast to gain this prestigious recognition. Visitors can enjoy sweeping, rich views of the night sky similar to those found in many of the Western states.