Day trips from Nashville · Park
Shiloh National Military Park
148 miles from downtown Nashville · about 2 hours 30 minutes
National Park Service, Hardin County, near Savannah, TN
Shiloh preserves the ground where more than twenty-three thousand men fell over two days in April 1862, in what was at that point the bloodiest battle in American history. The park has two units, one in Tennessee and one at Corinth, Mississippi.
- Address
- 1055 Pittsburg Landing Road, Shiloh, TN
- Battle
- April 6 and 7, 1862
- Fee
- Free at both units
- Phone
- 731-689-5696
Permits, fees and access
Free, no entrance pass required at either unit.
One thing to know first
This is a long half-day drive each way and the two-unit park easily fills a full day. It rewards the trip, but do not treat it as an afternoon.
Access rules, fees and closures verified August 15, 2026 against the agency that manages this place. They change, sometimes without notice. Check before you drive.
I keep this list because it is genuinely how people spend weekends here, and because almost every guide to it is out of date. If you are weighing a move to Middle Tennessee and want to know which part of it puts you closest to the things you actually like, ask me. No pitch.