Bledsoe Creek is presently classed as an environmental education area. This 164-acre site is situated on the Blesoe Creek embayment of Old Hickory Lake in Sumner County.

This are is rich in history. It was once a prime hunting ground for the Cherokee, Creek, Shawnee, and Chickamauga Indian tribes. It was shared by all, owned by none. Buffalo and deer followed trails thought he region in pursuit of salt and other mineral springs. Here the Indian could hunt and provide meat for food, skins for clothing, and bones to be used for tools. Unlike the white men, the Indian wasted nothing. With the coming of the white man, the once great herds of animals were dispersed, never to return. Little wonder that much blood stained this area.

Cragfont, located about 3.5 miles north of the park entrance, was the home to General James Winchester and constructed for him of rocks hauled from his native Maryland. Winchester, a veteran of both the American Revolution and the War of 1812, took an active part in the settlement of this region during the troubled and bloody times with the Indians. Cragfont, high atop a rocky bluff, appears majestic indeed to those who observe it from below. It was probably the first totally rock structure to be completed in the state. it is operated by the Sumner County Chapter of the association for the preservation of Tennessee Antiques.