Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
Roan Mountain, the trail's highest point.
Length	214 mi (344 km)
Location	Southeast United States
Designation	National Historic Trail (1980)
Trailheads	Elizabethton, Tennessee Kings Mountain National Military Park
Use	Hiking, Motor Route, Historical Reenactment
Elevation
Highest point	Roan Mountain
Lowest point	Watauga River
Hiking details
Months	late September to mid October
Sights	Blue Ridge Mountains Doe River Fort Watauga
Hazards	river crossing weather partial motor route
Website	Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (OVHT) is part of the U.S. National Trails System. It recognizes the Revolutionary War Overmountain Men, Patriots from what is now East Tennessee who crossed the Great Smoky Mountains and then fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.

The OVHT follows the route from Abingdon, Virginia at the Abingdon Muster Grounds, fording the Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals through present day Elizabethton, Tennessee, crossing the Doe River twice near both Hampton, Tennessee and Roan Mountain, Tennessee, and ascending over the steep Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, on through South Carolina to the site of the Battle of Kings Mountain now within Kings Mountain National Military Park. The trail network consists of a 330-mile (530 km) corridor, including a 70-mile (110 km) branch from Elkin, North Carolina, that joins the main route at Morganton, North Carolina. In Rutherford County, North Carolina, the trail follows the approximate location of Rock Road through the Gilbert Town Historic District.