CROSS CREEKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
CROSS CREEKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE643 Wildlife Road Dover, Tennessee 37058
Email: 
|
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge Cross Creeks NWR is located four miles east of Dover, in Stewart County, Tennessee and approximately seventy-five miles northwest of Nashville, Tennessee. The refuge was established in 1962 as a result of mitigation proceedings with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers when portion of the Kentucky Woodlands NWR was inundated with the creation of the Lake Barkely Project. Its primary purpose is to provide feeding and resting habitat for migratory birds with an emphasis placed on providing habitat for wintering waterfowl.
FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW
Day-UseFishingyes
Huntingyes
Hiking Trailyes
 | Comfort Inn Dickson - Dickson, TN Hotels/Motels The Comfort Inn hotel is conveniently located off Interstate 40, offering easy access to many nearby business parks and industrial areas also including Montgomery Bell State Park, offering boating, fishing, and miles of trails for hiking and mountain biking. |
 | Willowbrook Cabin Rental - Golconda, IL Cottages and Cabins LARGE 2 and 3 bedroom private CABINS located near many of the major ATTRACTIONS of the Shawnee National FOREST and the surrounding Southern ILLINOIS area. All cabins offer incredible VALUE as they are fully furnished with everything needed including full kitchens with cookware, microwave, liens, fire pits and wood, outdoor grill, satellite TV and even FREE internet. Open all seasons |
 | Doc's Lakeside Cabin - Jonesboro, IL Cottages and Cabins Doc's Lakeside Cabin was built in 2012 and is located in beautiful Southern Illinois. Let us welcome you to setting where you can rejuvenate your mind, body and soul. |
 | Rim Rock's Dogwood Cabins - Elizabethtown, IL Cottages and Cabins Southern Illinois Cabins with all amenities, surrounded by The Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois. All cabins have air conditioning, heat, kitchen including stove, frig, microwave, coffee maker, toaster bathroom with shower, screened in porch, electric fireplace, satellite tv with HBO and DVD, all linens, cookware, plates, utensil, outside grill and picnic table. |
 | The Irish Inn - Ozark, IL BBs / Inns Offering a wee bit of Europe in Southern Illinois' wine country. We are located right in the Shawnee National Forest. Stay in a stone and log chalet, cool in summer with blazing log fires in winter. You will enjoy the
company of a genuine Belfast-born innkeeper and a full traditional Irish breakfast. There is no extra charge for the blarney, storytelling, and good Irish luck |
Get directions
to this park:
Visitor Comments, Memories and Reviews
February 21 heaven simply heaven by michael hamilton
I have fished cross creek for almost 20 years and have never encountered a more enjoyable enviorment for the family that enjoys the outdoors
| Area Campgrounds |
| Clarksville RV Park and Campgrounds
1270 Tylertown Rd
Clarksville, TN
(931) 648-8638
| Spring Creek Camp Ground
3040 Spring Creek Village Rd
Clarksville, TN
(931) 801-4755
| Bumpus Mills Campground
764 Forest Trl
Bumpus Mills, TN
(931) 232-8831
| lbl Big Pine Campground
2168 Donelson Pkwy
Dover, TN
(931) 232-4570
| Elk Harbor RV Park
1572 Cumberland City Rd
Cumberland City, TN
(931) 827-4096
| |
|
| Area Fishing Related Businesses |
| Cane Creek Boat Dock
530 Cane Creek Boat Dock Ln
Stewart, TN
(931) 721-3483
| C K Outfitters
2890 Dover Rd
Woodlawn, TN
(931) 221-4868
| J T's Bait & Tackle
3162 Highway 79
Indian Mound, TN
(931) 232-6648
| Sportsman Market
420 Highway 434
Cumberland City, TN
(931) 827-2873
| Bowles Wholesale Bait
1889 Chester Harris Rd
Woodlawn, TN
(931) 920-2941
| |
|
| Area Resorts and Lodging |
| Bumpus Mills Resort & Marina
179 Bumpus Mills Marina Rd
Bumpus Mills, TN
(931) 232-5238
| Leatherwood Resort & Marina
753 Leatherwood Bay Rd
Dover, TN
(931) 232-5137
| |
|
Cross Creeks NWR is located 75 miles northwest of Nashville, TN. Take Interstate 24 appoximately 45 miles, then U.S. Highway 79 from Clarksville, TN to Dover, TN. In Dover turn on TN Highway 49 south and travel two miles. Turn left on Wildlife Road and follow the signs to the office/visitor center complex.
