Rock Island State Park (Tennessee)

Rock Island State Park
The Caney Fork in the Great Falls Gorge
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LocationRock Island, Warren County and White County, Tennessee, United States
Coordinates35°48′31″N 85°38′29″W / 35.80851°N 85.64150°W / 35.80851; -85.64150
Area883 acres (3.57 km2)
Created1969
Owned byTennessee Valley Authority
Managed byTennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
OpenYear around
Websiteofficial website

Rock Island State Park is a state park in Warren County and White County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern United States. The park is named after the community of Rock Island, Tennessee, which in turn received its name from an island on the Caney Fork upstream from the Collins River confluence and Great Falls Dam.[1] Rock Island State Park is centered on a peninsula created by the confluence of these two rivers and extends downstream to the headwaters of Center Hill Lake.

The park consists of 883 acres (3.57 km2) and is managed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

  1. ^ Tennessee State Parks, Rock Island State Park official park brochure. Retrieved: 29 January 2009. PDF.