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Many Tennessee State Parks will have Day After Thanksgiving hikes on Nov. 29. The parks offer guided hikes for all ages and abilities, ranging from easy, peaceful strolls to rugged ramblings. Whether you’re eager to join one of the  signature guided hikes or embark on a self-guided adventure, state parks are here for you to find space to give thanks.

For example at Sycamore Shoals State Park in Elizabethton, there will be a special guided walk through the park grounds and on the walking paths. Hikers will learn about the historical events that took place surrounding Sycamore Shoals the significance to the formation of the state and country.

The guided walk at Sycamore Shoals State Park will be from 10 to 11 a.m., and the charge is a $10 donation.

Other planned  hikes will take place at Mousetail Landing State Park, where hikers will learn about the history of the Tennessee River and its port locations. Hikers at Cedars of Lebanon State Park will use a new paved ADA trail. Savage Gulf State Park will host a seven-mile trek.

Dunbar Cave State Park will show hikers how the landscape has been altered by various cultures throughout centuries. Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park hikers will follow the woodland trail one-mile loop with options for advanced hikers to take a more strenuous route. Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park will take visitors on a tour focused on Tennessee history.

Some of the hikes have special times. Pickwick Landing State Park will host a Pre-Gobble Wobble on Thanksgiving Day, then an After-Feast Stroll the same day. Paris Landing State Park will host a Thanksgiving night hike.

As always, the parks encourage hikers to wear good walking shoes and bring water.

The Day After Thanksgiving hikes are part of the Tennessee State Parks Signature Hikes series that includes the First Day Hikes on New Year’s Day, Spring Hikes, and National Trails Day Hikes.