4-Mile Loop

Dogs Leashed

Features Birding · Fall Colors · Fishing · Lake · Views · Wildlife

Big Hill Pond State Park is a beautiful park to visit in the fall, winter, and spring, but can be a bit warm and bug-ridden in the summer.

Restroom access is located in the campground or at the boat ramp. There is no bathroom access at the dam levee parking.

Singletrack semi-technical with interesting and challenging climbs.

The trail begins at the parking area at the top of the levee of Travis McNatt Lake (two miles past the Visitor Center). After going down the steep hill to the levee, you climb a short distance on rocky trail to a singletrack trail that winds for about a mile through a beautiful hardwood forest bordering the beautiful Travis McNatt Lake.

You then access a wider trail leading to the 70-foot observation tower that offers panoramic views of the lake and the Dismal Swamp. After climbing the tower, you follow another singletrack trail bordering interesting boulders and rock formations and arrive shortly at the mile-long boardwalk crossing the Dismal Swamp.

After crossing the boardwalk, you make your way back up to the parking area via another beautiful trail bordered by interesting rock formations.

Big Hill Pond State Park lies in the southwestern part of McNairy County and encompasses 4,138 acres of timberland and hardwood bottomland. Cypress Creek and Tuscumbia River border the property. The flood plain, adjacent to the river and creek contains small oxbows and swampy areas which are desirable habitat for waterfowl, wildlife, and fish. You may see white-tail deer and wild turkey.