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Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Certified Sites on the Trail of Tears NHT

These historic sites and interpretive facilities are "certified" partners with the National Park Service on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.

ALABAMA:

Tuscumbia Landing, at the confluence of the Tennessee River (Pickwick Lake) and Spring Creek, near the foot of Blackwell Rd., west of downtown Sheffield

ARKANSAS:

Delta Cultural Center, at 141 Cherry St. and 95 Missouri St., both in downtown Helena.

Fitzgerald Station and Farmstead, at 2327 Old Wire Road near Springdale.

Lake Dardanelle State Park, at 100 State Park Drive in Russellville, Pope County. The park is located at 2428 Marina Road, which is 4 miles west of Russellville, off State Highway 326.

Mount Nebo State Park, at 16728 West State Highway 155, four miles west of Dardanelle.

North Little Rock Riverfront Park, on the north bank of the Arkansas River between Main St. Bridge and Interstate 30 Bridge, North Little Rock.

Petit Jean State Park, at 1285 Petit Jean Mountain Road, Morrilton.

Pinnacle Mountain State Park, at 11901 Pinnacle Valley Road, Little Rock.  (The park is 15 miles west of Little Rock.)

GEORGIA:

Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home, at 501 Riverside Parkway N.E., between the Georgia 53 spur and U.S. 27, in Rome, Floyd County.

Chief Vann House State Historic Site, at the intersection of Georgia Routes 225 and 52A, on the western outskirts of Chatsworth, Murray County.

Historic Road from Ross to Ridge’s, a three-mile-long road that ran from Major Ridge’s farm to John Ross’s farm, both of which are now within the city of Rome.

John Ross House, at Andrews St. and E. Lake Ave., just south of U.S. Highway 27, in Rossville, Walker County.

New Echota State Historic Site, at 1211 Chatsworth Highway NE, Calhoun, Gordon County.

ILLINOIS:

Camp Ground Cemetery, adjacent to the Camp Ground Cumberland Presbyterian Church, at 50 Tunnel Lane, six miles east of Anna, Union County.

Trail of Tears State Forest, at 3240 State Forest Road, Jonesboro, Union County.

KENTUCKY:

Gray’s Inn (Stagecoach Inn), at 88 Graysville Road (State Highway 294), in Tiny Town, 3 miles west of Guthrie, Todd County.

Mantle Rock, on the grounds of the 367-acre Mantle Rock Preserve, which is two miles west of Joy (Livingston County) on State Highway 133.

Radford Farm, at610 Dixie Beeline Highway (U.S. 41), in Todd County between Pembroke and Trenton.

Trail of Tears Commemorative Park, at U.S. Highway 41 and Skyline Drive in Hopkinsville, Christian County.

MISSOURI:

Maramec Spring Park-Massey Iron Works, at 21880 Maramec Spring Dr., just north of State Highway 8. The park is in eastern Phelps County, 8 miles southeast of St. James.

Snelson-Brinker Cabin, on the north side of State Highway 8 in western Crawford County, 8 miles west of Steelville and 10 miles from Exit 195 on Interstate 44.

Star City Ranch Trail Segment, near County Road U, eight miles north-northeast of Cassville.

Trail of Tears State Park, at 429 Moccasin Springs Road, Jackson. The park is located on Missouri Route 177 about 8 miles north of Cape Girardeau, and 8 miles east of Jackson.

Waynesville Cherokee Encampment, is located near Roubidoux Spring, in Roy Laughlin Park, which is adjacent to Superior Road and just south of State Highway 17 (Historic U.S. Highway 66) on the eastern edge of Waynesville.

NORTH CAROLINA:

Cherokee County Historical Museum, in the two-story, stone Carnegie Library Building, 87 Peachtree Street, in Murphy.

Junaluska Memorial and Museum, at 1 Junaluska Drive in Robbinsville.

Museum of the Cherokee Indian, located at the intersection of Tsali Blvd. (U.S. Highway 441) and Drama Road in Cherokee.

OKLAHOMA:

Cherokee National Museum, is 3 miles south of Tahlequah in the old Cherokee community of Park Hill.  The Cherokee National Museum is a building in the center of the Cherokee Heritage Center complex.

Fort Gibson, at 907 N. Garrison, on Oklahoma Highway 80 at the north edge of Ft. Gibson.

George M. Murrell House, at 19479 E. Murrell Home Road, in Park Hill, 1 mile southeast of the junction of State highways 62 and 82, and 4 miles southwest of Tahlequah.

TENNESSEE:

Audubon Acres, is located at 900 North Sanctuary Road in East Brainerd, which is a suburb of Chattanooga.

Brainerd Mission Cemetery, just under an acre in size, is located off of Brainerd Road and Eastgate Loop Road near the Brainerd Village Shopping Center, in Chattanooga.

Browns Ferry Tavern, is located at 703 Browns Ferry Road, a few miles west of Chattanooga. 

Chattanooga Regional History Museum, is located in downtown Chattanooga, at 400 Chestnut Street, which is at the corner of 4th and Chestnut streets.

The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s longtime home, is located at 4580 Rachel’s Lane, Hermitage. The site is located 12 miles east of downtown Nashville.

James Brown Cherokee Plantation, is located at 9521 Ooltewah-Georgetown Rd., northeast of Ooltewah, Hamilton County.

Port Royal State Park, at 3300 Old Clarksville Highway, Adams. The park, located in eastern Montgomery County, is just north of State Highway 76; it is 8 miles southwest of Adams and 15 miles east of Clarksville.

Red Clay State Historic Park, is located at 1140 Red Clay Park Road SW, near Cleveland in Bradley County. It is along the Tennessee-Georgia state line about 17 miles east of Chattanooga.

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, is located 576 State Highway 360, which is approximately 1 mile east of Vonore.

Tennessee River Museum, is at 495 Main St., Savannah. The museum is at the corner of Main St. (U.S. 64) and Adams St., just a few blocks east of the Tennessee River Bridge.

 

 

 

Elkhorn Tavern at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail  

Did You Know?
The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail is one of 18 national historic trails in the National Trail System, which also contains national scenic and recreational trails.

Last Updated: July 24, 2008 at 19:57 EST