And you can stop about every mile or two and visit a historic marker. It is really a shame they couldnt put together the original trail to make it a real long distance hiking trail. It was a wilderness trail used by indians and animals for hundreds of years, and then by whitey for an intense short period. From indian mounds , to indian village where Hernando DeSoto spent winter of 1542 (or something close), to where Andrew Jackson and troops camped on way to New Orleans to fight the British, to the actual little meeting house where Indian Chief met to negotiate with Whitey, to the actual carriage that took one to Washington DC to meet with the president. You will enjoy it if you stop at all the historic places.

MW, I agree 100%. When I first heard about it, I thought great I would love to hike that. But then found out you really could not walk it anymore. Did get to walk a short bit on it while on a Civil War tour.