20 mi from Bolivar, Shiloh National Military Park leads the list
Some 347K visitors a year come to Shiloh National Military Park. None of our places to visit is inside Bolivar; 3 are within 40 miles. Among them are a national military park, an ancient site and a museum. Beyond the town, the best known is Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, 55 mi off.
National Civil Rights Museum
Hotel that was site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., now a museum.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where each one is
The map puts most of the 3 to the southeast.
Orange: Bolivar. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every one of them
Look within 60 miles for all 33 places listed.
1National Civil Rights Museum
Hotel that was site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., now a museum.
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4Blues Hall of Fame
Award by Blues Foundation, since 2015 also a music museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
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6Graceland Too
Two-story home and shrine to Elvis Presley in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
7Shiloh National Military Park
National military park in Tennessee and Mississippi, United States.
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11Chickasaw Gardens
Human settlement in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
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Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Battlefield in Mississippi, United States.
Boling-Gatewood House
Historic house, home of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum.
Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Abbreviation for the Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Tennessee.
Lichterman Nature Center
Arboretum and nature center in East Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Edge Motor Museum
Automobile Museum in Memphis Tennessee, focusing on classic American Cars.
Oaklawn Garden
Botanical garden, park, local history museum in Germantown, Tennessee.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Bolivar → · Bolivar’s history →
Photo credits
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · National Civil Rights Museum: Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · FedExForum: Marco Espino-Ovalle, Public domain · Blues Hall of Fame: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mid-South Coliseum: bcbuckner, CC BY 2.0 · Graceland Too: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Shiloh National Military Park: Ernest Mettendorf, Public domain · Memphis Zoo: Unicurse, CC BY 3.0 · Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pinson Mounds: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Chickasaw Gardens: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Stax Museum: Victor Chapa from Denton, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Orpheum Theatre: Claire H. from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0 · Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site: Wilson44691, Public domain · Dixon Gallery and Gardens: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Children's Museum of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boling-Gatewood House: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Burkle Estate: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Memphis Botanic Garden: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Museum of the University of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lichterman Nature Center: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Cotton Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Corinth Depot: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0 · Edge Motor Museum: KyleStockton92, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fire Museum of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY 3.0 · Jesse H Turner Park: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY 3.0 · Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oaklawn Garden: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0
