Tourism in Memphis, Tennessee - Parks, Gardens, and Cemeteries

Parks, Gardens, and Cemeteries

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Major Memphis parks include W.C. Handy Park, Riverfront Park, Tom Lee Park, Audubon Park, Overton Park including the Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park, the Lichterman Nature Center - a nature learning center and the Memphis Botanic Garden. Shelby Farms park, located at the eastern edge of the city, is one of the largest urban parks in America.

Historic Elmwood Cemetery, one of the first rural garden cemeteries in the South, contains the Carlisle S. Page Arboretum. Forrest Park, Confederate Park, and Jefferson Davis Park are three controversial parks that reflect the Civil War era. The Memphis Parkway System, connecting Martin Luther King Riverside Park and Overton Park, was designed and built at the beginning of the 20th Century.

The Memphis National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in north Memphis. Memorial Park Cemetery contains work by the Mexican sculptor Dionicio Rodriguez.