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On foot · metro area, Tennessee

Battlefields in Kingsport, TN

Battlefields on the record near you, listed with what happened there and who fought.

Architecture is history you can still walk into. The Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA metro area has about 314,834 residents, ranking 169th in the country. The trick is knowing which doors have a story behind them.

Men holding rifles - battlefields — Photo: Jen Theodore on Unsplash

Civil war reenactors fire a cannon, creating a cloud of smoke on a grassy field - battlefields — Photo: jerry-putman on Pexels

A cannon on a grassy field - battlefields — Photo: John Kostyk on Unsplash

On the record near Kingsport, TN

The 12 nearest

29 listed sites on the record match battlefields within 200 miles of Kingsport, TN, out of 80 listed sites of every kind within 25 miles.

Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument120 miles from the center of Kingsport · Object · Somerset · listed 1997National Register of Historic Places
Revolutionary Battleground and Line Bridge146 miles from the center of Kingsport · Banks CountyGeorgia historical marker program
Battle of Narrows152 miles from the center of Kingsport · Banks County · marker erected 1953Georgia historical marker program
Perryville Battlefield154 miles from the center of Kingsport · Site · Perryville · listed 1966National Register of Historic Places
Point Pleasant Battleground160 miles from the center of Kingsport · Site · Point Pleasant · listed 1970National Register of Historic Places
Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument161 miles from the center of Kingsport · Object · Campbellsville · listed 1997National Register of Historic Places
Battle of Chickamauga182 miles from the center of Kingsport · Catoosa County · marker erected 1956Georgia historical marker program
Battle of Taliwa184 miles from the center of Kingsport · Cherokee County · marker erected 1953Georgia historical marker program
Battle of King's Tanyard186 miles from the center of Kingsport · Barrow County · marker erected 1957Georgia historical marker program
Battle of Dug Gap187 miles from the center of Kingsport · Whitfield County · marker erected 1954Georgia historical marker program
The Stoneman Raid: Battle of King's Tanyard188 miles from the center of Kingsport · Barrow County · marker erected 1957Georgia historical marker program
Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County)189 miles from the center of Kingsport · Whitfield County · marker erected 1986Georgia historical marker program

Distances are straight-line from the center of Kingsport, TN. Many sites are private property or working buildings - view them from the public way. See them on the map.

Battlefields in Kingsport, step by step

1
See every listed site of this kind in the area
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Sort by distance and pick the closest few
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Read the record for the year, the builder and the use
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View from the public way and note what has changed
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Collect the set and move on to the next county

What people in Kingsport, TN ask first

How much does it cost to visit these sites in Kingsport, TN?

Most listed sites can be seen from a public road or sidewalk at no cost, and the app is free to use. Some sites are private homes, working churches or museums with their own hours and fees. The record for each one says what it is, so you know before you go.

Where does the information on these sites come from?

From published records: the National Register of Historic Places, the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark program, and the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Department of Natural Resources marker program. Every site on the page names its source.

Are these buildings open to the public?

Some are, many are not. Churches, courthouses and libraries usually keep regular hours. Houses, barns and mills are often private and best seen from the road. The record for each site tells you which kind it is.

What does it mean when a site is on the National Register?

It means the property was documented and accepted as historically significant. Listing honors the site, it does not open it to visitors or stop an owner from using it.

How a visit works in Kingsport

Step 1
Find the place
Every stop starts as a pin with real coordinates. In Kingsport, TN the map shows what is listed around you and how far each one is, so the first decision is where to go, and it takes a few seconds.
Step 2
Read the story
The record behind each marker is kept whole: what happened there, when, who was involved, and why it was worth a sign. You read it standing where it happened, which is the part a textbook cannot give you.
Step 3
Get there under your own power
Walk it, run it, hike it, ride it or drive it. Stops in Kingsport, TN are chained into routes that fit the way you move, so a lunch break, a long run or a Saturday drive can all pass through history.
Step 4
Collect it and come back
Each stop you reach counts toward a badge, and a photo or a correction you send makes the record better for the next person. The map remembers where you have been, so the next trip starts where the last one ended.