Savage Gulf State Park adds 670 acres

One of Tennessee’s newest state parks just got bigger. A private donation has added 670 acres of dense forest on the Cumberland Plateau to Savage Gulf State Park near Beersheba Springs. The addition was the result of a two-year joint effort from three conservation groups – the  TennGreen Land Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, and The Conservation Fund – and the state of Tennessee. Located in Grundy and Sequatchie counties, Savage Gulf State Park was created from the 19,000-acre Savage Gulf Natural Area that was formerly a non-contiguous part of the South Cumberland State Park. The area is also a National Natural Landmark because of the Great Stone Door, a cliff with a top-to-bottom crack resembling a doorway.