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Stones River National Battlefield
Operating Hours & Seasons
Entrance Gate

Open:

8 AM to 5 PM Daily

Pedestrians and cyclists may use the park until sunset.

Closed:

Thanksgiving (starting in 2010) & December 25th

 

Thanksgiving Closure

Superintendent Stuart K. Johnson announced that some areas of Stones River National Battlefield will be closed to the public on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 26, 2009.

The park visitor center will be closed that day, but the tour road and Stones River National Cemetery will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The gates to Redoubt Brannan and the McFadden Farm Tour Stop #6 will also be closed for the day.

Beginning Thursday November 25, 2010, all gates and the park visitor center will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

The park is open to visitors on foot or bicycle from sunrise to sunset every day by using trails from the Stones River Greenway or parking at the Hazen Brigade Monument Tour Stop #5 parking lot on Old Nashville Highway.

 
Getting Around
Allow about two hours to see the museum and take the self-guiding tour of the battlefield. If you wish to visit other sites such as Fortress Rosecrans, allow more time.
Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
The Kentuckians of the Orphan Brigade began their Confederate service in Clarksville, Tennessee. They were called orphans because their home state did not secede from the Union.
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Last Updated: September 05, 2009 at 15:38 EST