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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
Operating Hours & Seasons
 

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.

Places To Go and Passport Program are listed by state.

For trail brochures, contact the National Park Service's National Trails Intermountain Region office in 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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Entry sign to Sequoyah Birthplace in Tennessee
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Elkhorn Tavern at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on Trail of Tears National Historic Trail  

Did You Know?
In 1838 U.S. Army troops under General Winfield Scott's command rounded up Cherokee people and moved them to forts in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, prior to their removal west. Thirty-one forts were built for this purpose on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.

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Last Updated: October 28, 2009 at 11:17 EST