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Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Bridge crossing placid river on Water Route, Arkansas River, North Little Rock, Arkansas
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Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
Nearby Attractions

Here are federally-managed areas that are related to the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The areas have interpretive sites or they pass through the trail.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) areas:

Arkansas

Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas at www.nps.gov/arpo

Fort Smith National Historic Site, Arkansas at www.nps.gov/fosm

Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas at www.nps.gov/peri

Georgia

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, (Catoosa/Walker counties), Georgia at www.nps.gov/chch

North Carolina & Tennessee

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina at www.nps.gov/grsm

Tennessee

Moccasin Bend National Archeological District, Chattanooga, (Hamilton County) Tennessee, which is part of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia at www.nps.gov/chch

Natchez Trace Parkway, (Lawrence/Wayne/Maury/Hickman counties), Tennessee at www.nps.gov/natr/

Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee at  www.nps.gov/shil

Stones River National Battlefield, Tennessee at www.nps.gov/stri

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) areas:

Alabama

Guntersville Dam/Guntersville Lake, Alabama at www.tva.gov/sites/guntersville.htm

Joe Wheeler Dam/Wheeler Lake, (Lawrence/Limestone/Morgan counties), Alabama at www.tva.gov/sites/wheeler.htm

Pickwick Lake, (Colbert/Lauderdale counties), Alabama at www.tva.gov/sites/pickwick.htm

Kentucky

Kentucky Dam/Reservoir, (Marshall/Calloway/Trigg/Lyon counties), Kentucky at www.tva.gov/sites/kentucky.htm

Mississippi

Pickwick Lake, (Tishomingo County), Mississippi at www.tva.gov/sites/pickwick.htm

North Carolina

Fontana Dam/Fontana Reservoir, (Graham/Swain counties), North Carolina at www.tva.gov/sites/fontana.htm

Hiwassee Reservoir, North Carolina at www.tva.gov/sites/hiwassee.htm

Tennessee

Cherokee Memorial Park (Blythe Ferry Ramp), Chickamauga Reservoir, Tennessee at www.tva.gov/river/recreation/pdf/chickamauga_rec_matrix.pdfwww.cherokeeremoval.org

Kentucky Lake, (Benton/Humphries counties), Tennessee at www.tva.gov/sites/kentucky.htm

Tims Ford Dam/Reservoir, Tennessee at www.tva.gov/sites/timsford.htm

US ARMY & CORPS of ENGINEERS (ACE) areas:

Alabama

Redstone Arsenal (US Army), Huntsville, Alabama at www.redstone.army.mil

Arkansas

Arkansas River Visitor Center (ACE), near Russellville, Arkansas at www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/dardanelle/visitorscenter.htm

Cadron Settlement Park (ACE), near Conway, Arkansas at www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/toadsuck/recreation.htm

Fort Chaffee (US Army - inactive), Arkansas at www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/fort-chaffee.htm

Lake Dardanelle (ACE), (Johnson/Yell/Logan/Pope counties), Arkansas at www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/dardanelle/

Ozark Lake (ACE), Arkansas at www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/ozark/

Pine Bluff Arsenal (US Army), Arkansas at www.pba.army.mil/

Tar Camp Park (ACE), Arkansas at www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/pinebluff/campgroundpages.htm#TarCamp

Georgia

Allatoona Dam/Allatoona Lake (ACE), (Bartow/Cherokee counties), Georgia at http://allatoona.sam.usace.army.mil/

Buford Dam/Lake Sidney Lanier (ACE), Georgia at http://lanier.sam.usace.army.mil/

Carter's Lake (ACE), Georgia at http://carters.sam.usace.army.mil/

Carter's Lake Reregulation Dam/Regulation Reservoir (ACE), Georgia at www.sam.usace.army.mil/pa/act-wcm/documents/FactSheets/CartersDam.pdf

Oklahoma

Robert S. Kerr Dam/Reservoir (ACE), Oklahoma at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Kerr_Reservoir

Tenkiller Dam/Tenkiller Ferry Lake (ACE), (Cherokee/Sequoyah counties), Oklahoma at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenkiller_Ferry_Lake

Tennessee

J. Percy Priest Dam/Lake (ACE), Tennessee at www.lrn.usace.army.mil/op/jpp/rec/

Pickwick Landing Dam/Pickwick Lake (ACE), Tennessee at www.tva.gov/sites/pickwick.htm

Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant (US Army - inactive), Tennessee at www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/aap-volunteer.htm

USDA FOREST SERVICE (USFS) areas:

Arkansas

Ozark National Forest, Arkansas at www.fs.fed.us/oonf/ozark/

St. Francis National Forest, Arkansas at www.fs.fed.us/oonf/ozark/

Georgia

Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia at www.fs.fed.us/conf/

Illinois

Shawnee National Forest, Illinois at www.fs.usda.gov/Shawnee

Kentucky

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, (Lyon/Trigg counties), Kentucky at www.lbl.org/

Missouri

Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri at www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/marktwain/

North Carolina

Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantahala_National_Forest

Tennessee

Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee at www.fs.fed.us/r8/cherokee/

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, (Stewart County), Tennessee at www.lbl.org/

US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE (FWS) areas:

Alabama

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, (Limestone/Madison/Morgan counties), Alabama at www.fws.gov/wheeler/

Arkansas

Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, (Pope/Yell counties), Arkansas at www.fws.gov/hollabend/

Oklahoma

Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma at www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/sequoyah/index.html

Tennessee

Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, (Benton/Stewart/Humphreys counties), Tennessee at www.fws.gov/tennesseerefuge/

INDIAN RESERVATION:

Cherokee Indian Reservation, NW of Murphy, North Carolina at www.cherokee-nc.com/

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Last Updated: October 25, 2010 at 14:22 MST