May Prairie State Natural Area
USA /
Tennessee /
Manchester /
World
/ USA
/ Tennessee
/ Manchester
protected area, prairie, National Natural Landmark
May Prairie is the largest and best relict prairie remaining in Tennessee. Such relict communities are critical to understanding the complex natural history of the eastern deciduous forest biome. Many regionally rare species occur here. The 101-acre area is designated a National Natural Landmark.
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Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°27'4"N 86°1'27"W
- Lake Miccosukee 570 km
- Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie 687 km
- Taberville Prairie Conservation Area 768 km
- Osage Prairie Conservation Area 786 km
- Konza Prairie Research Center 1022 km
- Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge 1156 km
- Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge 1467 km
- Valentine National Wildlife Refuge 1497 km
- Samuel H. Ordway, Jr. Memorial Preserve 1590 km
- Zumwalt Prairie Preserve* 2833 km
- Arnold Engineering Development Center Natural Area 5.5 km
- Hillsboro, Tennessee 6.6 km
- Arnold Engineering Development Center 8.5 km
- Arnold Air Force Base (KAYX) 8.5 km
- Arnold AFB (ICAO: KAYX, FAA: AYX), Runway 3/21 8.6 km
- Woods Reservoir 15 km
- Pelham, Tennessee 20 km
- Thumping Dick Hollow 26 km
- Highland Bluffs Development 26 km
- Tims Ford Lake 29 km