Cherokee Trail of Tears State Park

Near the old Blythe Ferry crossing, where the Hiwassee meets the Tennessee River in Meigs County, on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The state built the park around an existing memorial and interpretive site; it has a museum, paved overlooks and a boat ramp.

Meigs CountyBirchwoodOpenChecked October 20, 2026

2 hr 55 min

By car from the Public Square, 176 mi

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Acres

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Visitors: no published count

Trails listed by the state

Day

Day use only

Activities the state lists

The black dot is Cherokee Trail of Tears State Park; the square is Franklin. The grey dots are the other state parks. All of them, by drive time.

What's there

Things to do

Birding
Hiking
History
Wildlife Viewing

Getting there

6800 Blythe Ferry Lane, Birchwood, TN 37308
Park office: 1-423-339-2769
The park's page at Tennessee State Parks

Campsites, cabins and lodge rooms are booked online through the park's page or by phone at 1-888-867-2757, the state's reservation line.

Nearby

North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Park17 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 25 min from Franklin
Harrison Bay State Park18 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 35 min from Franklin
Booker T. Washington State Park23 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 30 min from Franklin
Fall Creek Falls State Park26 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 15 min from Franklin

How we know

Every fact on this page but the summary at the top is the state's, read on the date above, except the drive: that is Valhalla's route on OpenStreetMap's roads from Franklin's Public Square to the park office, with no traffic, rounded to five minutes. Visits are the park plan's count for the year named, mostly from traffic counters. How the guide was made.

The park. Tennessee State Parks: the Find a Park list, the park's own page, read October 20, 2026.

All 69 parks, by drive time