Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
7.1 h fully dark
Entrance
Free entry
Stretching 330-miles through four states (Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina) the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail traces the route used by Patriot militia during the pivotal Kings Mountain campaign of 1780. Follow their campaign by utilizing a Commemorative Motor Route along existing state highways marked with the distinctive trail logo, or 80+ miles of walkable trail.
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No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail can be visited in any season. It includes sections of walkable pathway, a Commemorative Motor Route, affiliated historic sites and museums, and wayside exhibits. Along the way it passes through four NPS areas, two National Forests, an Army Corps of Engineers Dam &Reservoir, plus several state and county parks.
Hours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
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Things to do
Become a Southern Campaign of the American Revolution Junior Ranger · <p>The number of actvities that need to be completed are based on the individuals age. If the booklet is being completed at home it should be able to be completed in less than a day. If the individual is traveling to each site it could like upto a handful of days to complete. </p>
OVVI Junior Ranger
Visitor centers
Cowpens National Battlefield Visitor Center
Keller Interpretive Center, Abingdon Muster Ground
Kings Mountain National Military Park Visitor Center
Museum of North Carolina Minerals, Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park Visitor Center
W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir Visitor Center
Accessibility
2 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
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Passport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
🎫 Cowpens National Battlefield Visitor Center
🎫 Fort Defiance Historic Site, Lenior NC
🎫 Gaffney SC Visitor Center and Art Gallery
🎫 Kings Mountain National Military Park Visitor Center
🎫 Lake James State Park Visitor Center
🎫 Rutherfordton Town Hall, Rutherfordton North Carolina
🎫 Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park Visitor Center
🎫 W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir Visitor Center
Places to see
Alexander's Ford on the Overmountain Victory NHT
Black Bear Creek of Overmountain Victory NHT
Brittain Presbyterian Church
Cane Creek and South Mountain Game Lands
Catawba River Greenway of the Overmountain Victory NHT
Choate's Ford Trail
Elkin NC Muster Grounds
Fort Crider in Lenoir NC
Fort Defiance Historic Site, Lenior NC
Gaffney SC Visitor Center and Art Gallery
Green River Road
Lake James State Park Visitor Center
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Learn more
The Abingdon Muster Grounds is one of the partner locations along the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, a 330-mile route used in a key Patriot victory of the American Revolution.
Learn about Alexander Chesney, a commanding officer for a Loyalist militia unit at the Battle of Cowpens on January 17, 1781.
Discover black powder weapons of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.
The Junior Ranger program booklet for Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
In celebration of the 55th anniversary of the National Trails System Act, learn more about these significant trails and their history.
Explore the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution with this Junior Ranger program that features five units of the National Park Service!
Follow Ranger Cow's journey to American Revolutionary War sites!
The story of the fate of Loyalist prisoners captured at the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain.
Ranger School
Park-grounded courses you can learn with the Ranger.
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