David Crockett State Park

The David Crockett State Park pool will not reopen as of Summer, 2022. Unfortunately, visitation at the pool is down 49 percent over the last 10 years. Due to these factors, Tennessee State Parks can no longer justify to Tennessee taxpayers the costs associated with keeping this pool in operation. However, we are excited to have the opportunity to invest in a more fiscally responsible outdoor recreation option David Crockett State Park that would provide year-round benefits.

David Crockett Go Green

David Crockett State Park has completed the Gold Recognition Level of the TN State Parks Go Green With Us Initiative and Guidelines. The guidelines include multiple areas of environmental sustainability, including education and outreach, water conservation, energy efficiency, waste and recycling, and much more. Congrats to this park for going above and beyond to be excellent stewards of our natural resources!

Gold Award Winner

The mission of the Tennessee State Parks Go Green With Us program is to preserve and protect our state parks through sustainable park operations, resource conservation, and recycling. Program components cover a diverse array of initiatives, including energy and water conservation through equipment and operations upgrades, recycling programs, projects to enhance ecosystem health, and erosion control, among many others.

  • The park's premium cabins are the only cabins in the Tennessee State Park system to have the prestigious U.S. Green Building Council LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification, and they demonstrate that you can live sustainably without sacrificing luxury.
  • David Crockett State Park heats and cools the park’s restaurant and cabins with a geothermal system, which concentrates the naturally existing heat within the earth to provide natural climate control from a clean, reliable, and renewable source of energy. 
  • The park’s cabins and Crockett’s Mill Restaurant are Tennessee Green Hospitality certified. 
  • The restaurant serves some vegetables that are grown in the park’s garden, and a portion of the leftover food scraps are composted on-site instead of being sent to the landfill. 
  • The park’s trail system is currently being renovated to be compatible with the Master Trail Builder methods which minimize human impact and make the trails extremely erosion resistant.