Big Hill Pond State Park

Big Hill Pond State Park is a state park in the southwestern part of McNairy County in southwestern Tennessee.

The park has an area of approximately 5,000 acres (20 km²) and is forested with timberland and hardwood bottomland. Cypress Creek and the Tuscumbia River border the property. The park's central feature is 35-acre Big Hill Pond. The pond was formed by excavation in 1953 as a borrow pit that was a source for soil used to build a levee across the Tuscumbia and Cypress Creek bottoms for the Memphis to Charleston Railroad. In addition, the floodplains of the Tuscumbia River and Cypress Creek contain small oxbow lakes and sloughs that provide desirable habitat for waterfowl, other wildlife, and fish. A large stand of cypress trees has grown up in and around Big Hill Pond, which is accessible by four-wheel-drive vehicles.

External links

* [http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/BigHillPond/ State Park Website]