South and Southeast: Public Campgrounds Along the Civil War "Trail"

[DonnaR57]

This thread will include 3 trips, which could be taken separately or connected together. Trip 3 can be connected with Trip 2 (in the East Coast section) simply by taking US-17 south to I-95 south to Charleston.

Trip 3: Georgia (includes sites in Savannah, Stone Mountain, Atlanta, and Chickamauga-Chattanooga)


Trip 4: Alabama (includes sites in Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile Bay)


Trip 5: Tennessee and Mississippi (includes sites in Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Franklin, Shiloh, Tupelo, Vicksburg, Biloxi, and Gulf Islands)

[DonnaR57]

Trip 3: GEORGIA

Connect this trip with Trip 2 in the Civil War East Coast thread, by heading south on US-17 to I-95 south to Savannah GA.


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***The tent symbols on the map above -- are the locations of the campgrounds identified in the posts of this thread***

Old Fort Jackson , Savannah
1 Fort Jackson Road, Savannah

Fort McAllister Historic Park, Richmond Hill (south of Savannah)
3894 Fort McAllister Road, Richmond Hill
Note: There is a campground here, as well as the historic site!

Fort Pulaski National Monument, east of Savannah
US-80 between Savannah and Tybee Island

NEW listing: Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters, Savannah

Skidaway Island State Park, Savannah
52 Diamond Causeway, Savannah

Head northwest on I-16 towards Atlanta. Stone Mountain is east of Atlanta.

Stone Mountain Civil War Memorial Carving, Stone Mountain
GPS Coordinates: 33°48′21.40″N*84°8′43.52″W

Fort Yargo State Park, Winder
210 South Broad Street, Winder

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, NE of Atlanta
900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, Kennesaw

Red Top Mountain State Park, Acworth
50 Lodge Road SE, Acworth

From Atlanta, continue north on I-75. C-CNMP is located in both Georgia and Tennessee, and is the largest National Military Park in the system.

Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park
Note: This park straddles two states.

Chester Frost Park, Hamilton County, Hixson, TN
2277 Gold Point Circle N., Hixson, TN

If you wish to continue this trip, you can either go north to Nashville (see Trip 5), or head south on I-59 to Birmingham, AL (see Trip 4, next).

[DonnaR57]

These trips can be joined together or done separately. This trip starts by heading to Birmingham, Alabama, and will take you through to Mobile Bay, AL.


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***The tent symbols on the map above -- are the locations of the campgrounds identified in the posts of this thread***

Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens, Birmingham
331 Cotton SW, Birmingham

Tannehill Ironworks Historic State Park, south of Birmingham
12632 Confederate Parkway, McCalla

Tannehill State Park Camping
12632 Confederate Parkway, McCalla

From Birmingham, continue south on I-65 to Montgomery.

First White House of the Confederacy, Montgomery
644 Washington Ave., Montgomery

Gunter Hill Campground, Alabama Lakes & Parks
561 Booth Rd., Montgomery

From Montgomery, continue south on I-65 to Mobile Bay.

Fort Morgan Historic Site, Mobile Bay
110 AL-180, Gulf Shores

Fort Gaines , Dauphin Island Park & Beach, Mobile Bay
Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay

Blakely State Park, Spanish Fort
34745 State Hwy 225, Spanish Fort
Note: This is both a historic site and a campground!

Meaher State Park, Spanish Fort
5200 Battleship Parkway East, Spanish Fort

Note: If you wish to connect this trip with the TN/MS trip, simply continue west on I-10 and do Trip 5 in reverse, beginning at Biloxi and ending in Nashville. There are so many ways to connect these trips, or to do each as their own area. Or just use these campground guides if you are inserting a Civil War site into another trip.

[DonnaR57]

TRIP 5: TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI
Starts in Chattanooga, travels up to Nashville, then heads south and ends on the Gulf Coast.


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***The tent symbols on the map above -- are the locations of the campgrounds identified in the posts of this thread***

Battles for Chattanooga Museum, Chattanooga
1110 East Brow Road, Lookout Mountain, TN

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
partly located in Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain, TN,
also located in GA

Chattanooga Battlefield National Military Park
Focus on the Chattanooga sites

Chester Frost Park Campground, Hamilton County, Hixson
2277 Gold Point Circle N., Hixson, TN

Harrison Bay State Park, Harrison
8411 Harrison Bay Road, Harrison

From here, head northwest on I-24 towards Nashville, but with a stop at Murfreesboro.

Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro

Barfield Crescent Park, City of Murfreesboro
697 Veterans Parkway, Murfreesboro

Battle of Nashville, TN
Note: Click on some of the links on this page for more interesting information and places in Nashville.

Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville TN
110 Leake Rd., Nashville, TN

Belmont Mansion, Nashville, TN
Belmont Blvd. & Acklen Ave., Nashville
1900 Belmont Blvd.

Historic Travellers Rest Plantation & Museum
636 Farrell Parkway, Nashville


Tennessee State Museum, Nashville
1000 Rosa L. Parks Blvd., Nashville

Nashville National Cemetery, Madison, TN
1420 Gallatin Road South, Madison

Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville
1001 Fourth Ave. South, cross-street Oak Street

Anderson Road Campground, J Percy Priest Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville

From Nashville, heading south on US-31 or I-65 can get you to Franklin, a southern suburb of Nashville.

Franklin Battlefield, Franklin TN

Poole Knob Campground, J Percy Priest Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, LaVergne
493 Jones Mill Road, LaVergne

Seven Points Campground, J Percy Priest Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, Hermitage
1810 Stewarts Ferry Pike, Hermitage

From Nashville, catch the Natchez Trace Parkway, then west on US-64 to TN-22 south to Shiloh.

Shiloh National Military Park
1055 Pittsburgh Landing Rd., Shiloh, TN

Donna's visit to Shiloh, April 2024, post 18
This is a personal log of a visit to Shiloh in April, 2024, as part of a longer road trip.

Pickwick Landing State Park, Counce
116 State Park Lane, Counce TN

The trip to Corinth is less than 30 miles down TN-22, MS-2, and US-45 south.

Corinth National Military Park Interpretive Center
501 W Linden Street, Corinth, MS

Donna's visit to Corinth, Summer 2018
This is a personal log of a visit to Corinth as part of a longer road trip, June 2018.

J.P. Coleman State Park, Iuka, MS
613 County Road 321, Iuka MS

From Corinth, head south on US-45.

Tupelo National Battlefield

Tombigbee State Park, Tupelo
Located at mile marker 263.6 of the Natchez Trace Parkway.

From Tupelo, get back on the Natchez Trace Parkway and head south to Jackson. At Jackson, head west on I-20 to Vicksburg.

Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS
3201 Clay St., Vicksburg

Donna's 2nd trip to Vicksburg, Summer 2023.
This is a personal log of a trip to Vicksburg done in June, 2023.

Grand Gulf Military Monument and Park
Located 30 miles south of Vicksburg, has a campground, 12006 Grand Gulf Road, Port Gibson

At Port Gibson, one can follow the Great River Road US-61 to Natchez. From there, you have several choices to get you over to Biloxi, MS.

Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library, Biloxi
2244 Beach Blvd., Biloxi

Donna's trip to Beauvoir, April 2024.
This is a personal log of a visit to Beauvoir in early April, 2024, as part of a longer road trip.

Davis Bayou Campground, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Ocean Springs, MS

Fort Massachusetts, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Ship Island, MS

[Mark Sedenquist]

Tom Herbertson has built brand new maps showing the Civil War historical sites mentioned in this thread and the locations of the campgrounds that are also identified with a special campground symbol on each map.

Dennis Goza created the roadtrip attractions and verified the physical addresses for each campground which should make it easier for those who are planning to visit these historic sites and are also planning to camp along the way.

--RTA Custom Maps