The initiative to acquire this land was a lengthy project completed by The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee and Alabama.

The natural area is approximately twelve miles south of Winchester in southern Franklin County.

Legend claims that in the late 1700s Davy Crockett explored this area when his family owned land nearby.

The natural area forest includes maples, oaks, hickories, tulip tree, American beech, eastern red cedar, and many other plants commonly associated with limestone.

The Turkey Creek drainage, which bisects the natural area from north to south, supports the state endangered rare limerock arrowwood (Viburnum bracteatum).