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National Military Park · Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

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

On March 27, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson ‘s army of 3,300 men attacked Chief Menawa’s 1,000 Red Stick Creek warriors fortified in a horseshoe shaped bend of the Tallapoosa River. Over 800 Red Sticks died that day. This battle ended the Creek War, resulted in a land cession of 23,000,000 acres to the United States and created a national hero of Andrew Jackson.

This page identifies Horseshoe Bend National Military Park 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
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is listed as a National Military Park in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot.
Current signal
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is listed as a National Military Park in AL in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/hobe/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.
Visitor takeaway
Hours, access, and visitor guidance for Horseshoe Bend National Military Park are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/hobe/index.htm.
What it sounds like
Horseshoe Bend audio on this page is a labeled modeled cue, not a field recording.

Summary at a glance

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is listed as a National Military Park in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Designation
National Military Park
Data snapshot
October 27, 2026
4 source cards
Official NPS
HOBE
Region
appalachian
Core Experiences
african-american-heritageburial-cemetery-and-gravesiteimmigrationmigrationsmilitaryArts and CultureCraft DemonstrationsCultural DemonstrationsAuto and ATVScenic Driving

Month-by-month

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is a National Military Park. Hours, access, and visitor guidance are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/hobe/index.htm.

Official page

The NPS page for Horseshoe Bend National Military Park: https://www.nps.gov/hobe/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Source cards

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

Designation

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is listed as a National Military Park in AL.

Getting there

Official access details for Horseshoe Bend are on the NPS page.

Located in northeastern Tallapoosa County, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is accessible from US Highway 280, as well as AL Highways 22 and 49. The Park is located 5 miles south of the town of Newsite, AL and 12 miles north of the city of Dadeville, AL.

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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
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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 Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, 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

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is identified as National Military Park with NPS code hobe.

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

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is listed as a National Military Park in the NPS snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/hobe/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 Horseshoe Bend National Military Park fits

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

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