List of National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee
From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee. There are 13 in total.
May Prairie
Tennessee National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)
| Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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| 1 | Arnold Engineering Development Center Natural Areas | 1974 | Coffee | federal (Arnold Air Force Base) | Contains an extremely rare virgin swamp forest and a pristine example of an open marsh. | ||
| 2 | Big Bone Cave | 
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1973 | 35°46′21″N 85°33′25″W / 35.7726°N 85.557°W | Van Buren | state | Cave where giant ground sloth bones were discovered. |
| 3 | Cedar Glades | 
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1973 | 36°04′25″N 86°18′41″W / 36.07366°N 86.31151°W | Wilson | state (Cedars of Lebanon State Park) | The largest and best remaining example of the cedar glade community. |
| 4 | Conley Hole | 1973 | Grundy | private | One of the most spectacular and outstanding examples of a pit cave in the United States. | ||
| 5 | Cumberland Caverns | 
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1973 | 35°40′09″N 85°40′51″W / 35.669167°N 85.680833°W | Warren | private | Two interconnecting caves at least 27 miles (43 km) in extent. |
| 6 | Dick Cove | 
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1973 | 35°13′40″N 85°57′19″W / 35.227839°N 85.955392°W | Franklin | private | A near virgin forest |
| 7 | Grassy Cove Karst Area | 
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1973 | 35°51′24″N 84°55′35″W / 35.856787°N 84.926373°W | Cumberland | private | One of the nation's best illustrations of karst development and underground drainage |
| 8 | The Lost Sea | .jpg)
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1974 | 35°32′08″N 84°25′52″W / 35.535556°N 84.431111°W | Monroe | private | Cavern system that includes the largest known underground lake in the country. |
| 9 | May Prairie | 1974 | 35°27′01″N 86°01′20″W / 35.450232°N 86.022274°W | Coffee | state | Largest and best relict prairie remaining in Tennessee. | |
| 10 | McAnulty's Woods | 1973 | Hardeman | private | Only known example in western Tennessee of the upland forests of the Mississippi Embayment | ||
| 11 | Piney Falls | 
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1974 | Rhea | state (Piney Falls State Natural Area) | Contains a rare virgin mixed mesophytic forest stand. | |
| 12 | Reelfoot Lake | 
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1966 | 36°23′20″N 89°23′20″W / 36.388889°N 89.388889°W | Lake, Obion | federal (Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge) | Mosaic of habitats formed as a result of the New Madrid earthquake, |
| 13 | Savage Gulf | .jpg)
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1971 | 35°15′32″N 85°47′20″W / 35.259°N 85.789°W | Grundy | state (Savage Gulf State Natural Area) | A virgin forest. |
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