Shelby Farms Park is just 20 minutes from Downtown Memphis, yet it’s a 4,500-acre playground where you can choose almost any adventure. Take a break from Beale Street and find your thrills in one of the country’s largest urban parks.

Memphis International Raceway is an auto racing park located across the Loosahatchie River from Memphis, Tennessee, approximately ten miles south of Millington, Tennessee. The facility opened in 1987 with a drag strip and 1.8-mile (2.9 km) road course. It includes a 3/4-mile tri-oval short track, built in 1998, which once hosted the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series, as well as an ASA Late Model Series race. The 4,400-foot (1,340 m) drag strip used to host such events as National Hot Rod Association, American Drag Racing League, AMA Dragbike Championship Series, and the Super Chevy Show.

At 241 acres, Garner Lake, sometimes called Lakeland Lake, is the largest lake in Shelby County. It is 1.1 miles long, has 8.44 miles of shoreline, and has 266 lakefront homes.

This 65-acre park consists of rolling hills, a five-acre fishing lake, “The LAMP” Amphitheatre, pavilion, over 20 picnic facilities and a portable restroom. There are 2.8 miles of walking/ jogging trails, along with biking and hiking trails through the wooded areas.

Explore the surrounding 32-acre property, featuring additional historic log-cabins and outbuildings, gardens, wildlife, and a wooded arboretum walking trail.