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National Battlefield · Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Best primary window for Fort Donelson: May, with April and June as strong shoulder months.

Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant was becoming quite famous as he wrote these words following the surrender of Confederate Fort Donelson on Sunday, February 16, 1862. The Union victory at Fort Donelson elated the North, and stunned the South. Within days of the surrender, Clarksville and Nashville would fall into Union hands. Grant and his troops had created a pathway to victory for the Union.

This page identifies Fort Donelson National Battlefield from the checked-in NPS snapshot and the dated source cards on the page.

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Targeted Impressions Data TeamData Science & Intelligence
materializedData snapshot: October 27, 20264 source cards

Answer Brief

Answer-first planning signal

Best current use
Fort Donelson National Battlefield is listed as a National Battlefield in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot.
Current signal
Fort Donelson National Battlefield is listed as a National Battlefield in KY, TN in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/fodo/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.
Visitor takeaway
Hours, access, and visitor guidance for Fort Donelson National Battlefield are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/fodo/index.htm.
What it sounds like
Fort Donelson audio on this page is a labeled modeled cue, not a field recording.

Summary at a glance

Fort Donelson National Battlefield is listed as a National Battlefield in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Designation
National Battlefield
Data snapshot
October 27, 2026
4 source cards
Official NPS
FODO
Region
appalachian
Core Experiences
burial-cemetery-and-gravesitenational-cemeteryfortsmilitarybattlefieldsAuto and ATVScenic DrivingGuided ToursSelf-Guided Tours - AutoHiking

Month-by-month

Fort Donelson National Battlefield is a National Battlefield. Hours, access, and visitor guidance are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/fodo/index.htm.

Official page

The NPS page for Fort Donelson National Battlefield: https://www.nps.gov/fodo/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Source cards

4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Designation

Fort Donelson National Battlefield is listed as a National Battlefield in KY, TN.

Getting there

Official access details for Fort Donelson are on the NPS page.

The main entrance is at 120 Fort Donelson Park Road, in Dover Tennessee. It is advised to start a visitor experience here. Brochures and information are available at this location. Physical address for the park's Fort Heiman unit, in Calloway County, Kentucky: 654 Fort Heiman Road, New Concord, Kentucky. This site is not staffed daily, but exhibits and information are available for visitors.

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Season and now

Twelve-month planning is modeled from the published seasonal profile. The current hand stays unavailable until sourced alerts, hours, events, roads, and weather are fresh.

Current hand
Not available

Three listening lanes

Official NPS audio: Not provided for this snapshot.

Synthetic browser audio, never a field recording or live observation.

Jamcorder: Shared station.

Text equivalent for the seasonal place clock
MonthVisitabilityCrowd pressure
January4916
February5316
March5824
April6538
May6750
June6564
July6278
August6274
September6360
October6462
November6230
December5418

The cue is a browser-generated composition, not a field recording. How NPS Sounds modeled audio works.

Methodology

This page uses the checked-in NPS identity snapshot for Fort Donelson National Battlefield, the 4 source cards below, and the figures listed above. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Read the NPS Sounds methodology and about NPS Sounds for how pages are assembled.

  • Data snapshot: October 27, 2026
  • Source cards: 4

Data Behind This Reading

Source provenance

NPS identity

high

Fort Donelson National Battlefield is identified as National Battlefield with NPS code fodo.

Available · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Official operations

limited

Official alerts should be verified on the NPS page. This site uses a checked-in snapshot, not a live operations feed.

From the data snapshot · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Weather and seasonality

limited

Fort Donelson National Battlefield is listed as a National Battlefield in the NPS snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/fodo/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Modeled · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

How this page is assembled

limited

place page source cards come from the data snapshot October 27, 2026.

Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Where Fort Donelson National Battlefield fits

State, region, and designation hubs that list this place.

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