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Long Hunter State Park offers a thoughtful blend of environmental awareness and outdoor recreation.
Educational and recreational programs are conducted on request at the 2,400-acre park that skirts J. Percy Priest Lake. A schedule is published quarterly that highlights free programs open to the public.
Picnicking, swimming, hiking, backpacking, boating, sailing, fishing, nature photography and wildlife observation are available, as well as environmental programs.
The lake, with two boat ramps, attracts pleasure boaters, skiers and sailors. Anglers try for largemouth and smallmouth bass, rockfish, stripe, crappie, bream and catfish.
The Couchville Lake Area is completely wheelchair-accessible and offers diverse programs for all ages and abilities. Visitors enjoy a fishing pier and boat dock, a picnic pavilion with restrooms and another picnic area with grills. The Couchville Lake Trail is paved and universally accessible. There are 20 miles of hiking trails available.
A backpacking campsite is located at the end of the 5.5-mile Volunter Trail. Bluffs and rock outcroppings, hardwood forests, cedar glades that harbor rare and unique wildflowers and abundant wildlife are all part of the scenery in the park.
The park also provides a three-story tall climbing tower used for basic repelling and team-building programs. The facility can be reserved for group, range-led instruction for a small fee.
The prized limestone cedar glades at Long Hunter State Park is home to the first plant placed on the Federal Endangered Species List, the Tennessee Purple Coneflower. It was thought to be extinct until 1968.
There are also boat rentals on the lake.
There is a 2.8-mile mountain bike trail, called the Jones Mill Bike Trail, and another seven miles of trail is under construction.
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