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  Welcome to Cumberland

Mountain State Park  

Cumberland Mountain State Park is situated on the Cumberland Plateau, a segment of the great upland, which extends from western New York to central Alabama.  It is said to be the largest timbered plateau in America.  This 1,720 acre park was acquired in 1938 as a project of the Farm Security Administration to provide a recreational area for some 250 families selected to homestead on the Cumberland Plateau.

Most of the parks buildings are constructed out of local sandstone call Crab Orchard stone.  The Crab Orchard stone dam and bridge, the park’s best known landmark, is the largest masonry structure ever built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.