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Trail of Tears National Historic TrailTrees line edge of body of water, Bell detachment route and Water Route, Pularm Park, Faulkner County, Arkansas
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Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
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Operating Hours & Seasons

There are many historic sites, museums, and parks (federal, state, and local) along the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Operating hours vary from site to site. Contact individual site owners/managers for more information.

For trail brochures, contact the National Park Service National Trails System-Santa Fe: e-mail us

The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail is still being developed. In some areas visitor facilities, signing, and information are limited.

 
Solitary man in landscape of bare trees and fallen leaves on the Northern land detachments route, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas
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A visitor contemplates the Trail of Tears along the Northern land detachments route, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas.
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Elkhorn Tavern at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail  

Did You Know?
Not all Cherokee people were removed from their homelands to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) on the Trail of Tears. The Oconaluftee Cherokees had treaty rights, and they, along with fugitives fleeing the army, became the Eastern Band of Cherokees, still residing in North Carolina.

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Last Updated: June 20, 2007 at 12:11 EST