Cleveland, TN Road Trips
Plan drives from Cleveland, TN with practical route pages for distance, drive time, fuel cost, road character, and places to stop along the way.
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Trip Routes
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Longest Drive
352 mi
Bartlett, TN
Quickest Drive
6h 36m
Bartlett, TN
Plan Around Cleveland, TN
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Cleveland, TN by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
48,185
Median Income
$55,904
Median Home Value
$241,800
Median Age
36.1
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Notable People from Cleveland, TN
A sampling of people born in Cleveland, TN.
Matt Lampson
1989
American footballer
Anthony Burger
1961–2006
pianist (1961–2006)
Mark Wills
1973
American country music artist
Vincent Yarbrough
1981
American basketball player
Darnell Mee
1971
basketball player
Dee Gibson
1923–2003
American basketball player (1923–2003)
Carl Fallberg
1915–1996
American cartoonist and artist
Alvin Scott
1955
American basketball player
Landmarks & Historic Sites
Attractions and heritage-registered places located in Cleveland, TN.
Craigmiles Hall
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Traveler Guide to Cleveland, TN
Cleveland is the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee. As of 2020, the population was 45,902. Just like in other areas of the South, Native Americans such as the Cherokees were forced to cede their tribal homelands and move west in what was termed "The Trail Of Tears", in which many died. Cleveland was an exhibition in all this in that not only was it the site of the diminishing Cherokee's council at a place called Charleston and then Red Clay nearby, but it also was where federal troops imprisoned tribal members in stockades for forced removal by the time the crafty Treaty of New Echota passed in 1835. These things are represented at the Museum Center At Five Points and Red Clay State Park.
1 Museum Center at Five Points. (updated Apr 2019) 2 Red Clay State Park Museum, 1140 Red Clay Park Road S.W., ☏ +1 423-478-0339. Summer: Tu-Sa 9AM-5:30PM, Su M 1-5:30PM; winter: daily 8AM-4:30PM. Exhibits on the Trail of Tears and Cherokee history. (updated Oct 2021) 3 Cherokee Removal Memorial, 6615 Blythe Ferry Ln, Birchwood (in Cherokee Memorial Park). Sticking with this general theme, this is a site where Cherokees were imprisoned and moved across the Tennessee River at Blythe's Ferry. Also here is the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, where you might see a sandhill crane. 4 St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Craigmile's Mausoleum), 320 Broad Street NW, ☏ +1 423 476-5541. This church is unique in that behind it is Craigmile's Mausoleum where a 7 year old girl who was killed in a horse buggy accident in 1871 is interred and where red stains mysteriously appear on the mausoleum concrete edifice at times. (updated Dec 2021) 5 Craigmiles Hall, 170 Ocoee St. Just a nice looking former opera house in the Second Empire architectural style that was built in 1877. (updated Dec 2021)
Douglas Inn & Suites, 2600 Westside Dr NW, ☏ +1 423-559-5579. Homey.
I-75 passes to the west of the city, going from North to South and has three exits, Exits 20, 25, and 27. Of these, two have plenty of hotel accommodations. From North Carolina, you can come in through U.S Route 64. 1 Cleveland Regional Jetport ((FAA LID: RZR)), 251 Dry Valley Rd NE. Functions only as a general aviation airport. Nearest airports for commercial flights are in Chattanooga, Nashville and Atlanta. (updated Apr 2019)
Travel tips adapted from Cleveland (Tennessee) on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.
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