Things To Do in Big Rock, Tennessee

Tennessee Orange and Kentucky blue ignite to fuel the play passions at this school. Replacing very old equipment, this nice PlayBooster® features a Double Swirl Slide and a Centipede Climber ... More on KaBoom.org

Welcome to Admiralty Island National Monument, USDA Forest Service, with 955,000 acres of wilderness in southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Admiralty's history is rich and long. However, the island is more than a monument ... More on recreation.gov

Inscription. About 4 mi. N. this one of two forts erected to deny Tennessee River to the Federals. Ft. Helman faced it from the Kentucky side. It was surrendered following naval bombardment, to Flag Officer A. H. Foote, USN, by Brig. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This site of the first Union attack on river routes in the West lies below Kentucky Lake. Only the easternmost rifle pits remain above water. Because of the high water in the fort, only Capt. Taylor's Co. B. First Regt. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Located on this position, this battery mounted one 6½ inch rifled gun and two 32-pounder Carronades. The guns were manned by a detachment of Ross Battery of Maury Artillery which arrived at Dover on February 11, ... More on HMDB

Ten loop trails make up this system, which follows the route of General US Grant's troops from Fort Henry in the campaign to capture Fort Donelson in the Civil War. Backpackers ... More on Trails

One of the best , quiet , scenic, good mix of terrain. More on Trails

Inscription. Here, following a council of war with Brig. Gens. Floyd and Pillow, Brig. Gen. Simon B. Buckner surrendered the Confederate defenders of Fort Donelson to Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, USA. The two senior Confederate generals, ... More on HMDB

"No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender..." Bells rang jubilantly throughout the North as the news spread...that Fort Donelson, a Confederate holding along the Cumberland River near ... More on Nps.gov

Inscription. The Confederate defenses consisted of this fort, two water batteries and the line of rifle pits enclosing these and the town of Dover. The garrison of the fort proper consisted of the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Here was formerly a road following a telegraph line between Dover and Tennessee River. Following Ft. Henrys capture, Grants Army of the Ohio marched on Ft. Donelson in two columns, the northernmost on this road. Leading ... More on HMDB