Stones River National Battlefield · Tennessee

Cotton Field Trail

1.5 mi of trail, end to end · 552 ft–568 ft · hiking

Visitor centers

563 ft 558 ft · 0.5 mi high 566 ft

Along the way Stones River National Battlefield Visitor Center

Trailheads Cotton Field Trail 558 ft Drive there · Cotton Field Trailhead 563 ft Drive there · Pioneer Brigade Earthworks Trailhead 562 ft Drive there · Pioneer Brigade Earthworks Trailhead 561 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the same trailheads

All 13 trails in Stones River National BattlefieldFind a trailOn the parks mapPark on nps.gov

About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.