National Park System units in Tennessee
Tennessee has 13 National Park System units. The list below also includes 2 places the Park Service does not count as units of their own. Each one has its own page here with hours, current alerts, campgrounds and what there is to do.
Tennessee in figures
- National Park System units
- 13
- Free to enter
- 12
- Recreation visits in 2025
- 29,301,163
- Busiest unit, 11,527,939 visits
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Campgrounds
- 23
A unit that reaches into another state counts in full here and in each other state it touches.
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail and Obed Wild & Scenic River report no 2025 count, so the visit total leaves them out.
Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.
Parks near a city
Visits by year
Great Smoky Mountains National ParkNatchez Trace ParkwayAppalachian National Scenic TrailChickamauga & Chattanooga National Military ParkBig South Fork National River & Recreation AreaCumberland Gap National Historical ParkStones River National BattlefieldShiloh National Military ParkFort Donelson National BattlefieldManhattan Project National Historical ParkAndrew Johnson National Historic Site
Fees, hours, alerts, campgrounds and activities are from the NPS API. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.