T.O. Fuller State Park

What we’ve verified

Each note below comes from a different Hey Memphis guide, written when we checked this place at the source.

• Parks & Outdoors in Memphis

  State parks & the forestVerified July 17, 2026

  A 1,600-acre park with 8+ miles of trails near the Chucalissa archaeological site — including a rare recycled-tire walking trail. Historically significant: one of the first state parks in the country open to Black citizens. Free to enter.

• Day Trips from Memphis

  Camping near Memphis: the 2026 realityVerified July 16, 2026

  The sure bet: open year-round — 45 sites with water and 30/50-amp hookups and a bathhouse, 20 minutes from downtown, next to the Chucalissa mounds. One of the first US state parks open to Black visitors; camping without leaving the city.

• Camping Near Memphis

  The Tennessee state parksVerified July 16, 2026

  The only state park inside the city limits — tent and RV sites with water and 30/50-amp (some fit 85-foot rigs), a bathhouse with coin laundry, minutes from Graceland. One 2026 access note from the park: the I-55 exit 7 ramp is closed — use exits 8 or 9.

Go to the source

Hours and prices change without notice, so we always send you to T.O. Fuller State Park’s own page rather than reprinting details that can rot: tnstateparks.com.

If you’re headed there anyway

Other places we’ve verified that show up in the same guides.

• Meeman-Shelby Forest State ParkNorth of Memphis, on the bluffs
• Arkabutla LakeColdwater (~25 min)
• Village Creek State Park~1 hour west (AR)
• Chickasaw State Park~1.5 hours east (TN)
• Shelby Farms ParkCordova / East
• Overton ParkMidtown