Old Nashville Highway at Stones River Battlefield
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Details: This is a location where you can find some various fossil samples like Ostrocods, Trace fossils, Brachiopods, Bryozoans, Mollusks, crinoids, and Trilobites. For more information about safety and the fossils, visit the source website at: http://www.nashvillefossils.com/fieldtrips/mboro1/murfreesboro.html
Directions:
From the website's directions:
- Take I-24 east to the intersection with 840. Exit onto 840 toward Murfreesboro and Lebanon.
- Drive on 840 one exit to Rt. 41 (New Nashville Highway, the extention of Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville), and exit toward Murfreesboro.
- Drive on Rt 41 to the intersection with Thompson Lane. Turn right.
- Cross the bridge over the railroad tracks and immediately turn left on a road marked "to Old Nashville Highway"
- this road loops around and dead ends on the old Nashville Highway.
- Turn left on Old Nashville Highway and drive until you pass the entrance to the Stones river Battlefield.
- Shortly after this you will see piles of rock debris on your right and a sign to General Rosecrans headquarters.
- You can park on the left in General Rosecrans' parking lot.
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GPS Coordinates (lat,long): ( 35°53'22.76"N, 86°26'34.79"W)
or (35.889655, -86.442997)
Google Map: (The GPS marker is supposed to be exact.)
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