North Tennessee's Pickett County is a small rural county that also happens to be Tennessee's least populated. Nestled in the mountains of the Highland Rim and framed to its east by the expansive Big South Fork National Recreation Area, Pickett County is also the gateway to Dale Hollow Lake, offering 620 miles of shorelines and recreational activities including swimming, boating and fishing (indeed, Dale Hollow Lake still holds the world record for largest smallmouth bass, caught in July 1955). A total of 2,000 acres were listed for sale in Tennessee's Pickett County recently; the overall value of all Pickett County land for sale was around $51 million. Pickett County ranks 62nd out of 95 counties in the Volunteer State for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. Of all farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale in Pickett County, Byrdstown featured the most land for sale. Based on its natural assets, tourism and recreation are important contributors to the Pickett County economy. Pickett County is the 93rd biggest county (174 square miles) in Tennessee. It's located in the East Central Tennessee region of the state.