Accessibility at Rocky Fork: All-Terrain Wheel Chair
The Friends of Rocky Fork State Park organization, with support from a grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, has donated an All-Terrain Wheel Chair to Rocky Fork State Park. Individuals with limited mobility can access designated hiking trails, viewing points (including the historic Flint Creek battle site), and fishing in the creek with this new assistive device. Use of the chair is free but reservations must be made at Calendly. Information, forms and training will be provided to individuals using the chair and their accompanying companion. View Coverage on the News
"The Mountains Are Calling and I Must Go." ~John Muir
Rocky Fork State Park is 2,075 acres of scenic wilderness in Unicoi County, in the southern Appalachian Mountains of Upper East Tennessee. The park is approximately 30 miles from Johnson City and 10 miles from Erwin, the county seat. Rocky Fork is Tennessee's newest state park and it is surrounded by the Cherokee National Forest. Rocky Fork State Park is the only Tennessee State Park that connects directly to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
This predominately Appalachian Cove Forest park was saved from residential development because of its biologically diverse habitat, the Historic Battle of Flint Creek Site, and its exceptionally clean streams and Rocky Fork watershed, which includes the park's namesake, Rocky Fork Creek.