Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor AdventureDunbar Cave State Park
Under $25Take a ranger-led tour into a cave with Native American art, or walk the Lake Trail around Swan Lake in the middle of Clarksville.
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Sightseeing
Fort Donelson National Battlefield
National Park Service battlefield in Dover, Tennessee, preserving the site of a major early Union victory in the Civil War.
174 National Cemetery Drive, PO Box 434, Dover, TN 37058 · Dover, KY
About Fort Donelson National Battlefield
This National Park Service site preserves Fort Donelson and Fort Heiman, two sites tied to the 1862 Forts Henry and Donelson Campaign. Visitors can tour a Civil War fort, drive the battlefield grounds, visit a surrender house, and walk through a national cemetery. The park also has a visitor center that offers current trail conditions. No lodging is available inside the park, though accommodations exist nearby.
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The closest stops to Fort Donelson National Battlefield, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
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- Sightseeing
Jefferson Davis State Historic Site
Check pricesKentucky state site marking the birthplace of the Confederate president, centered on a tall concrete obelisk.
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- AttractionsQuirky Fun
Bell Witch Cave
Check pricesTour the small cave and replica log cabin on the old Bell farm, where guides retell the Bell Witch haunting that Andrew Jackson is said to have feared.
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- Eat & DrinkFoodie Favorite
Loveless Cafe
Under $25Eat scratch biscuits with preserves, country ham and fried chicken at a Southern roadside cafe serving since 1951.
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