Fort Pillow State Park

Nature Adventure

This place is full of history and beautiful nature sites. I had a great time walking the trails, so if you like to do that wear comfortable shoes, because there are plenty of them. They have a great...

A national tragedy

The visitors center has a fairly large parking area and there are lots of informative signs near the fort itself. The museum is small but also full of information. The earthworks are neat to see, as w...

Not a truthful location but beautiful

I love the trails, access, bluffs, trees, moss, and fort. But the information in the visitor is not very accurate. I figured this would be in honor of the black troops massacred at this battle, but it...

A bit of Civil War history in a beautiful setting.

I finally made the time to visit Fort Pillow, and I do have some thoughts about this park from an historical prospective. The trees have grown and the river has moved in 150 years, so it’d be helpful...

Excellent hiking in this fairly remote park

Location is somewhat remote. You have to really want to get there. One positive aspect of that is that I think the park is not often very crowded. The Visitor Center had some interesting exhibits. ...