City of Murfreesboro
Parks and Recreation phone 615-890-5333 Website
Murfree Spring Wetlands (from the city) is a 25 acre city park with easy access to the children’s Discovery Center Phone 615-890-2300 Trip Advisor There is an $8 charge for the Center, but none for the walking trails.
The trails travel through flooded willow swamps, mature hardwoods, and open water wetlands that provide for a wide variety of species to be found. Spring and fall songbird migration can be excellent.
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City of Fairview
City of Fairview
Bowie Nature Park Phone 615-799-5544 Trail Map & Flyer
The park contains over 700 acres of forest, lakes & trails. Thank you Program Director Jenny Herrera for this helpful information: “We currently do not have an ADA accessible trail. We do have easy trails for the elderly or even for more adventurous wheelchair users when the trails are dry. I would recommend Loblolly Trail and the Twin Loop Trail. They are wide trails and when dry are very compact with fewer roots and rocks than some of our other trails.” Call before going to be sure of trail conditions.
Loblolly Trail about 1.2 mile loop
Twin Lakes Loop Trail about .76 mile
City of Nashville
City of Nashville
Nashville has four nature centers which “…are open year-round and offer programs, special events, field trips, natural history information and literature, maps and naturalists to answer your questions.”
Nature Centers and Natural Areas. Parks and Recreation phone (615) 862-8750 Hiking Trails
Shelby Bottoms Nature Center Phone (615) 862-8539 Map and Brochure
“Shelby Bottoms offers a variety of trails including approximately five hiking trails, five miles of multiuse, accessible paved trails, and three trailheads.”
Warner Parks Maps of Percy & Edwin Warner Parks 615-352-6299 Hiking Trails Brochure
Edwin Warner Park Map There are three short trails in the Edwin Warner Park described as easy. The Little Acorn Trail and its interpretive stops are designed for children six years and under. I have known some pretty spry six year olds, so you had better call first to see if these trails are really easy enough.