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Kings Mountain National Military Park

Walk the paved battlefield trail past monuments where Patriots defeated Loyalists in a 1780 Revolutionary War battle.

2625 Park Road · Blacksburg, SC

About Kings Mountain National Military Park

This national military park on the North and South Carolina border preserves the ground of the Battle of Kings Mountain, fought on October 7, 1780, a Patriot victory Thomas Jefferson called the turn of the tide. A 1.5-mile paved trail climbs from the Patriot line to the Loyalist position, passing monuments, the earliest from 1815, and the grave of Major Patrick Ferguson. The visitor center has a museum of weaponry and a 30-minute film.

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