Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryPublic Lands Directory

Alerts and conditions

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Overview

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.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

What to see and do

Activities

  • Auto and ATV
  • Scenic Driving
  • Biking
  • Mountain Biking
  • Road Biking
  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Auto
  • Hiking
  • Front-Country Hiking
  • Horse Trekking
  • Horseback Riding
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Wildlife Watching
  • Birdwatching
  • Park Film
  • Museum Exhibits
  • Shopping
  • Bookstore and Park Store
  • Gift Shop and Souvenirs

Plan your visit

Hours

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: 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.

Getting there

The trail travels over 330 miles through four states.

Visitor centers

  • Keller Interpretive Center, Abingdon Muster Ground
  • Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park Visitor Center
  • Museum of North Carolina Minerals, Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center
  • W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir Visitor Center
  • Cowpens National Battlefield Visitor Center
  • Kings Mountain National Military Park Visitor Center

Weather

Temperatures for the area range from very hot and humid in the summer to cool and moderate in the winter.

Phone: 8644612828

Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

A large group of living historians stand in a river and fire muskets, with a cloud of smoke rising.
Sycamore Shoals in Elizabethton, TN · NPS
A cut log is laying over a crevasse on a trail in the woods.
Alexander's Ford Trail at Bradley Nature Preserve · NPS
5 people are hiking along a trail surrounded by mountains and wildflowers and trees.
Hampton Creek Cove Trail at Yellow Mountain Gap · NPS
A walking bridge with trees in the background.
Yadkin River Greenway in Wilkesboro, NC · NPS

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