Dover TN Tennessee
USA

26 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

American Cruise Lines (26 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

At the Dover Landing ramp, at the foot of town, on the Cumberland River. Shuttles wait for passengers to take them up to Fort Donelson National Battlefield.
The Fort Donelson loop: visitor centre and orientation film, earthworks and batteries commanding the water, the surrender house and the national cemetery. The town centre, just a few streets, rounds out the morning.
The site of a turning point in the Civil War, in February 1862. Here a then-unknown general, Ulysses S. Grant, demanded unconditional surrender — the phrase made his name and opened the Deep South to Union forces.
Because the victory handed the Union nearly 13,000 prisoners and opened two strategic rivers at once, the Cumberland and the Tennessee. The South never fully recovered.
The former Dover Hotel, a plain wooden building facing the river, where the capitulation was signed in February 1862. The restored rooms can be pictured just as they were that winter morning.
No. The battlefield, the surrender house and the national cemetery are free, and the park visitor centre hands out maps and brochures. The loop is done by coach or on foot.
A busy trading port. By around 1850 the small town ranked as the second steamboat landing on the entire Cumberland: tobacco, iron and flour moved through its warehouses.
Yes. Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge, more than 3,200 hectares of marsh and open water, borders the town. Geese, ducks and herons gather there by the thousand in season, and in winter bald eagles fish the coves.
A vast recreation area wedged between two reservoirs a little west of Dover, kingdom of deer and raptors. Some excursions go there.
Good shoes: the earthworks are covered on grassy trails. Binoculars help at the refuge. US dollars and English apply, and everything in town is within walking distance of the landing.