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I would like some help identifying 10, 20 or so parks in Nashville that are primarily greenways, remote, do not have athletic fields etc. I know a few such as

Beaman
Shelby Bottoms
Warner? Parks

But there are 110+ Metro parks. I need to identify as many as possible that are not "youth recreation" or "school adjacent" parks.

Percy & Edwin Warner are two of the largest (and wildest, in an urban wilderness sense) city parks in the country.

I can recall 2 or 3 bodies found in them (one by a college acquaintance), and sometime in the 1980s, the majority of Edwin's roads were closed, ostensibly to allow the roads to be used as nature walkways. However, the general "word on the street" was due to the high crime there.

To speak directly to your question:
There are a couple of ball fields in Edwin, and some flat areas that may have soccer goals. It also borders the new Highway 100 Ensworth Campus.
There are public golf courses on 2 sides of Percy.

Shelby has a regular golf course, and the Vinny Links.

More when I can research it.

David

For starters, here are the Metro Greenways. Look carefully and you will notice that some of these are nothing more than public streets and sidewalks that will be or have been designated as Public Park's Greenways.

Alvin G. Beaman Park
4111 Little Marrowbone Road
1500 acre nature park with hiking trails, picnicking
and a nature center underway

Bell’s Bend Park
4107 Old Hickory Boulevard
[Under construction]
800 acre nature and outdoor recreation park with soft
surface trails, day camping, and a future outdoor
education center

Cumberland River: Brookmeade Park
at Kelly’s Point Battlefield
7002 Charlotte Pike
One-half mile paved trail leading to historic Civil
War site, with river overlook, gathering plaza and
athletic field.

Cumberland River: Downtown Connector
1st Avenue North at Gay Street
One-mile paved urban trail extending from Fort
Nashboro and Riverfront Park to Tennessee
Bicentennial Mall and Farmers Market, with
gathering plazas and public art.



Cumberland River: East Bank Greenway
50 Titans Way, Coliseum
One-half mile paved trail with river overlooks and
public art.

Cumberland River: Metro Center
Levee Trail
766 Freeland Station Road, Metro Center
Three-mile paved trail extending from Freeland
Station Road to Great Circle Road, with river overlooks
and public art features.

Cumberland River: Downtown to
MetroCenter Connector
1st Avenue North to Great Circle Road
[Under construction]
One and one-half mile paved urban trail extending
from the Riverfront Apartments Trail Plaza to the Great
Circle Trailhead on the Metro Center Levee Trail.

Cumberland River: Old Hickory
Nature Trail
Cinder Road at Old Hickory Dam
One-half mile paved and one mile of primitive trails
with boardwalk and wetland observation platform.
(John, this is remote and secluded.
I thought it was part of the Corp of Eng.
and carried whenever I went there.

Cumberland River: Pedestrian Bridge
Two Rivers Parkway at Cumberland River
Pedestrian and bicycle bridge to connect Shelby
Bottoms and Stones River Greenways.

Cumberland River: Shelby Street Bridge
Shelby Street at Cumberland River
Pedestrian bridge linking downtown to east bank, with
scenic overlooks, gathering plazas and public art.
The old Shelby St. Bridge is used by many who walk
to work in the downtown area.


Davidson Street Bicycle Connector
Metro Court House to Shelby Bottoms
3.75 mile bicycle route connecting Shelby Bottoms
to downtown.
Public St.

Harpeth River Greenway
Morton Mill Road, Bellevue
[Expansion underway]
One-mile paved trail with boardwalk and river overlook.

Harpeth River Greenway:
Warner Park to Bellevue Exchange
Club Athletic Complex
Warner Park at Highway 100, Bellevue
[Under construction]
This one and three-quarter mile paved trail begins
in Edwin Warner Park and follows the Little Harpeth
and Harpeth Rivers through the Ensworth high school
campus. The trail will connect to the Bellevue Exchange
Club athletic complex after passing under Highway 100.

Harpeth River Greenway: Riverwalk
Riverwalk Subdivision -
Newsom Station Road, Bellevue
One-mile of paved trail along the Harpeth River.

Mill Creek Greenway: Blue Hole Road
5023 Blue Hole Road, Antioch
Two-mile paved trail linking Antioch Community
Center and Middle School.

Mill Creek Greenway: Ezell Park
5135 Harding Place
One-mile paved trail with creek access.

Mill Creek Greenway: Thompson Lane
Thompson Lane at Mill Creek
[Under development]
One-mile paved trail in Mill Creek Park.

Richland Creek Greenway
4601 Murphy Road
[Expansion underway]
Two-mile paved trail connecting White Bridge Road,
Cherokee Park, Sylvan Park, Nashville State
Community College and McCabe Park areas.]
Public roads for crying out loud

Shelby Bottoms Greenway
and Nature Park
1900 Davidson Street
2032 Forrest Green Drive
2544 McGinnis Drive
810 acre nature park with 5 miles of paved trails,
5 miles of primitive trails, river overlooks, wetland
observation platform, and new nature center.

Stones River Greenway
J. Percy Priest Dam to Two Rivers Park
Ten-mile paved trail system linking Percy Priest
Lake, Clover Bottom, Lebanon Road, Heartland Park
and Two Rivers Park areas.
Public roads

Alta Lake Trail
Dodson Chapel Road at Bell Road
One-mile paved trail connecting residential communities
and Percy Priest Lake recreation area.

Whites Creek Greenway
2801 Tucker Road
One-mile paved trail extending from Richard T. Hartman
Park to Clarksville Pike.

Peeler Park
2043 Neely’s Bend Road
255 acre nature and outdoor recreation park with
Cumberland River access and multi-use trails

The red highlighted ones are of particular concern as they are made of (in whole or in part) of public roads and/or sidewalks.

BTW, David, How'd you like to break the new law without knowing it?

The area in front of the Metro Courthouse is designated Public Square and is under Metro Park's control.

Morg

David.

I see what you mean.

Doesn't that trail cross the road behind the old Jack Daniels Warehouse or Nashville Gas?

If not, thanks for the correction.

Morg

I remember what the concern for t\the Cumberland River Metro Center Greenway was now.

What is the boundary?

If I step off the parking lot of some of those warehouse docks, I am standing on the levy.

Am I in a park or on commercial property?

Regarding the bodies and such;

Council Maynard will try to tell you that there is no crime in our parks.

That's an insult to me considering I found a body in Shelby back in the 80's.

I remember the gang that was robbing golfers on the Shelby course until a few fellows pack in a different kind of iron in their golf bags.

Maynard will tell you that it never happened.

Of course he will also tell you that their are no gangbangers around Hadley Park.

Harpeth River Greenway
Morton Mill Road, Bellevue
[Expansion underway]
One-mile paved trail with boardwalk and river overlook.

This is right next to my house, and is nothing more than a side walk next to the road (I'll note the ONLY sidewalk for a large part of Morton Mill Road).

Ok, I've got a really dumb question.. maybe somebody can help me with this...

There is a 'park' labeled on google maps near my house... See link:

You'll note it's Labeled as 'Bellevue State Park'

I've called (state parks) and found out this is land owned by the state and is managed by Metro Parks... Since this land is owned by the State can Metro close this park of it's own accord? Or would the state also have to approve the posting of this site?

I'm curious how many other 'local' parks this could impact?

Am I way off base here?

State Crime Report - 2008

http://www.tbi.state.tn.us/Info%20Syste ... nessee.pdf

I was pretty sure I saw it listed but can't find it now in the 544 page report.

It's right next to the Library, & across from Bellevue Church of Christ. Can't think of the corner on which it sits, though.

David