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 combined nearly 1,000 acres were listed for sale in Pickett County recently; the value of all Pickett County farms and rural land for sale was $51 million. Pickett County ranks 63rd in the Volunteer State for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. Among cities in Pickett County with farms, rural land, hunting land and other land for sale, Byrdstown featured the most land for sale. Based on its natural assets, tourism and recreation are important factors in the Pickett County economy. Pickett County is the 93rd largest county (174 square miles) in Tennessee. It's located in the East Central Tennessee region of the state.