South Cumberland State Park Split, Savage Gulf State Park Created

Tennessee State Parks

At the September 22 announcement creating Savage Gulf State Park, clockwise from top left: SCSP Asst Mgr Bill Knapp; SGSP Asst Mgr Aaron Reid; Grundy Mayor Michael Brady; SCSP Mgr George Shinn; FSC President Trae Moore; TDEC Natural Areas Program Administrator Jason Miller; and TDEC Deputy Commissioner Greer Tidwell, Jr.  (Photo: Friends of South Cumberland)

Gov. Bill Lee and Commissioner David Salyers of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation have announced the creation of Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy and Sequatchie counties, a boost for recreation in the region.

The new park includes the nearly 19,000-acre Savage Gulf State Natural Area, formerly managed as part of South Cumberland State Park. South Cumberland had become too large to manage effectively as a single park, and the land’s unique characteristics warrant status as a stand-alone park.

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Friends of South Cumberland

Friends of South Cumberland Will Continue to Support Both Parks 

Friends of South Cumberland State Park, Inc., has announced that it will continue to support both South Cumberland State Park and the newly formed Savage Gulf State Park. Savage Gulf had been part of South Cumberland State Park prior to the recent announcement of its designation as a new and separate Tennessee State Park.

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