Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail is part of the National Trails System. It is not a park unit.
Remember and commemorate the survival of the Cherokee people, forcefully removed from their homelands in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee to live in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. They traveled by foot, horse, wagon, or steamboat in 1838-1839.
About 1.5 hours from Memphis by car.
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here.
There are no user or entry fees for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Nominal fees may be charged at some trail-related federal, state, or locally owned historic sites and interpretive facilities. Please contact individual sites for more specific fee information.
Hours
| Trail of Tears National Historic Trail | Daily · All Day |
No campgrounds, no webcams or events in Park Service data. What is here comes from the official page. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the Park Service publishes the data.
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Things to do
- Become a Trail of Tears Junior Ranger
Learn about the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and earn your junior ranger badge! This activity can be completed virtually or after visiting a site along the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.
Opens on the Park Service site - Hike on the Trail of Tears
The trail commemorates the forced removal of Cherokee from their homelands; the paths that 17 Cherokee detachments followed westward; and the revival of the Cherokee Nation.
Opens on the Park Service site - Discovering the Trail of Tears on the Natchez Trace0-3 Hours
The Trail of Tears began in May 1838 when Federal troops and state militias began to round up the Cherokee into stockades. In spite of warnings to troops to treat the Cherokee kindly, the round up proved harrowing.
Opens on the Park Service site
Films
National Park Service productions, public domain.
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
Public land nearby
Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.
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Activities
Questions people ask
Does Trail Of Tears charge an entrance fee?
No. Trail Of Tears is free to enter.
Source: National Park Service
Is Trail Of Tears open year-round?
Yes. The grounds are open 24 hours a day, year-round.
Source: National Park Service
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