Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois
Free entry
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.
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No entrance fee.
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OPERATING HOURS VARY FROM SITE TO SITE. There are many historic sites, museums, and parks (federal, state, and local) along the Trail of Tears in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri, or Oklahoma for you to visit. Please contact individual sites for more information by going to Plan Your Visit and selecting Places To Go or Passport Program, where sites are listed by state, and there is an interactive map to search for sites.
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Things to do
Become a Trail of Tears Junior Ranger
Hike on the Trail of Tears
Discovering the Trail of Tears on the Natchez Trace
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
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