Historic Routes

Getting from A to B was a lot harder in days gone by than after the invention of the automobile. Here are some of the sites and stories about historic transportation routes, wagon trails/roads, and traces that are no longer in use for transportation, but are nevertheless preserved by the National Park Service.

Checkout some of the history that happened along these historic routes:

• The National Road, Fort Necessity National Battlefield
• Natchez Trace
• Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
• The Santa Fe Trail, For Larned National Historic Site
• Butterfield Overland Trail
• Patriot Militia Route, Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
• The Oregon Trail
• Hull's Trace, River Raisin National Battlefield Park