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KEY:
(Blue Road) 4+ Foot Paved Shoulder
(Pink Road) 1+ Foot Pavement with or without white line
(Orange Road) Rideable Gravel, Dirt, or Rough Pavement Shoulder
(Green Road) Scenic, but with Little or No Shoulder

Beardstown Church of Christ	Brush Creek Church of Christ Linden 37096 931-589-5319	Cedar Creek Church of Christ	Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Cedar Grove United Methodist Church	Cedar Valley United Methodist Church	Coon Creek Primitive Baptist Church	Crooked Creek Church of Christ Building erected 1962
Goshen Primitive Baptist Church Organized 1825	Howard's United Methodist Church	Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints Church	Lick Creek Baptist Church
Lighthouse Tabernacle Church Lick Creek Rd Linden 37096 931-589-2522	Linden Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ (82) Hill Rd Linden 37096	Linden Church of Christ (88) Linden 37096	Linden Church of God

ALDON	Opened: May 16, 1878 Re-Opened: Oct. 18, 1887	Closed: Dec. 7, 1885 Re-Closed: Sept. 30, 1902
ANDY	Opened: Nov. 5, 1887	Closed: May 15, 1904
BARNETT	Opened: Oct. 7, 1887	Closed: April 30, 1904
BARREN SPRINGS	Opened: July 14, 1820	Closed: ca. 1828
BARRYVILLE	Opened: March 20, 1821	Closed: Jan. 26, 1824
BATH SPRINGS	Opened: Sept. 30, 1839	Closed: March 5, 1846
BEARDSTOWN	Opened: Aug. 31, 1837 Re-Opened: July 16, 1842 Re-Opened: April 29, 1844 Re-Opened: Nov. 14, 1857 Re-Opened: June 26, 1867	Closed: May 10, 1842 Re-Closed: Dec. 2, 1843 Re-Closed: Oct. 21, 1856 Re-Closed: July 18, 1866 Re-Closed: Jan. 31, 1957
BEECH RIVER	Opened: March 5, 1834 Re-Opened: March 1, 1845	Closed: Jan. 30, 1844 Re-Closed: Sept. 20, 1847
BOTANIC GARDEN	Opened: Nov. 2, 1843	Closed: March 30, 1900
BROWNSPORT	Opened: Feb. 1, 1832	Closed: Aug. 19, 1845
BRUSH	Opened: July 3, 1899	Closed: Sept. 30, 1902
BUFFALO	Opened: Jan. 28, 1837	Closed: Feb. 21, 1853
BUFFALO PORT	Opened: Nov. 19, 1833	Closed: Sept. 28, 1835
LEGO	Opened: Feb. 10, 1885 Re-Opened: March 5, 1892	Closed: May 21, 1888 Re-Closed: Aug. 31, 1911
LOCUST GROVE	Opened: March 8, 1826	Closed: Sept. 13, 1828
MARSH	Opened: Jan. 17, 1900	Closed: Sept. 30, 1902
MORGAN's CREEK	Opened: Jan. 30, 1832 Re-Opened: Feb. 28, 1837	Closed: July 11, 1833 Re-Closed: Oct. 23, 1845
MOUSE TAIL	Opened: Feb. 26, 1872	Closed: Nov. 15, 1907
McCAGEVILLE	Opened: Sept. 21, 1853	Closed: March 16, 1854
NATHAN	Opened: March 9, 1892	Closed: April 30, 1904
NETTA	Opened: Aug. 21, 1883	Closed: Aug. 18, 1884
NEW ERA	Opened: Sept. 12, 1876 Re-Opened: June 2, 1879 Re-Opened: May 26, 1888	Closed: Aug. 26, 1878 Re-Closed: July 21, 1887 Re-Closed: May 31, 1902
OVERTON	Opened: Oct. 7, 1824	Closed: est.ca1827
PERRYVILLE	Opened: Jan. 3, 1824	Closed: April 18, 1849
PETERS LANDING	Opened: Dec. 8, 1869 Re-Opened: May 25, 1888	Closed: July 21, 1887 Re-Closed: Feb. 29, 1856
POPE	Opened: April 24, 1886	Closed: May 31, 1957
SHANNONVILLE	Opened: June 27, 1822	Closed: Nov. 4, 1844
STARBUCK	Opened: July 12, 1899	Closed: Oct. 17, 1899
STILLWELL	Opened: April 20, 1830	Closed: Jan. 21, 1832
SUGAR HILL	Opened: Nov. 13, 1860 Re-Opened: April 6, 1870	Closed: Sept. 22, 1866 Re-Closed: Jan. 15, 1873
THEODORE	Opened: April 9, 1880	Closed: April 14, 1914
TOMS CREEK	Opened: May 16, 1878	Closed: May 14, 1904
UNION GROVE	Opened: Sept. 16, 1870 Re-Opened: June 10, 1879	Closed: March 2, 1874 Re-Closed: April 18, 1881
WARFIELD	Opened: Feb. 1, 1902	Closed: Jan. 15, 1908
WEBB	Opened: June 3, 1880 Re-Opened: Nov. 29, 1899	Closed: Oct. 20, 1898 Re-Closed: Dec. 31, 1907
WOODS	Opened: July 22, 1847	Closed: Feb. 20, 1867

Mousetail Landing

State Park (29)
Located on State Hwy 50
Rt 3, Box 280B
Linden

1,250 acre park
Located on the east banks of the Tennessee River
Named when a tanning company caught fire, with a great mouse exodus
Scenic Buffalo River flows nearby

Accommodations:
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RV Parking (26 sites)
Hook-ups
Electric
Water
Dump Station
Restrooms
Showers

Indoor Activities:
Gift Shop

Ootdoor Activities:
Hiking- Scenes on the trail at shelter #2 (See trail map below)

Back Country Camping

Picnic Area
Playground
Soccer Field

Water Activities:

Boat Launching
Fishing
Swimming-Lake
Water/Jet Skiing

Perry County	Established 1819 Organized January 3, 1820 Linden is county seat County formed from part of Humphreys County
Cedar Grove Iron Works Historic Sign (37)	Iron furnace built by William Dixon, 1834 Located on Furnace branch of Cedar Creek Rebuilt 1846 Discontinued operation 1862

Bethel United Methodist Cemetery (52)	Broadway Cemetery (62)	Crooked Creek Cemetery (20)	Crooked Creek Northern Cemetery (19)
Culp's Chapel Cemetery (68)	Dean Cemetery (53)	Dowdy Sanders Cemetery (48)	Dr O A Kirk Memorial Cemetery (51)
Hunt Hill Cemetery (30)	Mt Olive Cemetery (57)	Robert's Cemetery (33)	Robin/Hester Cemetery (2)
Qualls Cemetery (46) Established 1887	Ward/Peace Cemetery (61)	Weems Cemetery (28)

Linden First United Pentecostal Church (86) Mill St Linden 37096	Mt Auburn United Methodist Church	Robert's Chapel AME Church (81) 121 Hill Road Established 1880 Rebuilt 1951 Remodeled 1988-'92 Only African American Church in the county	Spirit Filled Christ Church Highway 13 S Lobelville 37097
Tom's Creek Missionary Baptist Church	Warrens United Methodist Church	Whitwell Chapel United Methodist Church Church a memorial to G D & Agnes Whitwell, 1954