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Cedars of Lebanon State Park

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Cedars of Lebanon State Park

Location: 31 miles east of Nashville on US 231.
Facilities: 117 campsites, 9 cabins, group lodge, 3 bathhouses, picnic areas, picnic shelters, snack bar, hiking trails (8 miles), bridle trails (12 miles), horse rentals, stable, swimming pool, visitor center, recreation building, meeting hall, nature center, stables, camp store, playground, game courts, disc golf course, tennis courts, laundromat.
Activities: Camping, swimming, hiking, horseback riding, tennis, basketball.
Special Features: Park is named for the dense cedar forests that existed in the Biblical land of Lebanon. During the early 1800s, settlers in the area mistook the juniper forests they found there for cedar and named it accordingly.
Address: 328 Cedar Forest Rd
Lebanon, TN 37087
Phone: 615-443-2769;
Fax: 615-443-2793;
Web: state.tn.us/environment/parks/cedars
Size: 900 acres.

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In Geology of Cedars of Lebanon State Park and Forest, Wilson (1980) quotes Safford's description of "cedar glades" and also provides two photographs of treeless rocky openings ("glades" or "open glades" sensu Quarterman, 1950a) on the Lebanon limestone, which he called "glades.
Cedars of Lebanon State Park is graced by the largest remaining red cedar forest in the Southeast.
 
 
 
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