Cedars of Lebanon State Park | |
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Type | Tennessee State Park |
Location | Lebanon, Tennessee |
Coordinates | 36°04′25″N 86°18′41″W / 36.07366°N 86.31151°W |
Area | 900 acres (364 ha) |
Operated by | Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation |
Website | Cedars of Lebanon State Park |
Cedars of Lebanon State Park Historic District | |
Nearest city | Lebanon, Tennessee |
Built | 1925-1949 |
NRHP reference No. | 95001274 |
Added to NRHP | 1995 |
Cedars of Lebanon State Park is a state park in Wilson County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It consists of 900 acres (364 ha) situated amidst the 9,420-acre (3,810 ha) Cedars of Lebanon State Forest. The park and forest are approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Lebanon, Tennessee.
Cedars of Lebanon State Forest is known for its cedar glades, a unique type of ecosystem that has adapted to the thin (or nonexistent) soil layers that often occur in the eastern Central Basin. These glades are typically flanked by thick stands of red cedar, a type of juniper tree that can survive in soil layers too thin to support most large wooded plants. The presence of the red cedar in the basin reminded the region's early Euro-American settlers of the Lebanese cedar forests of Biblical fame.