the hotel accommodations listed below include those that have been established, with discounts available, by the organizers of the ride. They include a hotel in Cherokee, Nc, where the unofficial ride originates on friday, a hotel in kimball, tn (near bridgeport), where the official ride begins on saturday, a hotel in Tuscumbia, AL (near Waterloo) where the official ride terminates on saturday, a hotel in searcy, AR, a stopping point on the alan ward memorial ride, and a final hotel in McAlester, ar, the last stop on the route to the chickasaw nation Headquarters in sulphur, Ok, which is where the alan ward memorial ride will end this year.
for more information about the 'ride before the ride' from bridgeport to cherokee, nc visit here. for more information about the 'ride after the ride', the alan ward memorial ride on Sunday and monday, visit here and here.
Stay with the Ride Leaders at our host hotels. Do not book your room through a website or the hotel's interface... you need to call the hotel desk and speak with a clerk. Tell them you’re with the “Trail of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride” for discounts. The amount they've agreed to let us have the rooms for is posted with the hotel's information below.
The hotel listings below include the accommodations we've set up for the 'ride before the ride' (Thursday), The night before the official ride on friday, the end of the official ride (Saturday), and the 'Ride after the Ride' (Sunday and Monday).
To download a Word doc of the list below click here.
All Rates Plus Tax
There are numerous beautiful camp sites near cherokee. Just google it!
Camping near Bridgeport:
Goosepond Colony
Scottsboro, Alabama(256) 259-2884
Camping near waterloo:
There is free camping in Brush Creek Park campground operated by the state. Located on Waterloo Road, 5 miles east of Waterloo, with limited hookups.
Second Creek primitive camp area on County Rd 1 is also free and operated by TVA.
The areas in the Town limits around the lake are primitive with no hookups and campers will be asked to fill out permit paperwork. There's no charge for camping, but the permit is so the Town knows who is camping where for security purposes.
Waterloo has three campgrounds of its own that are free, but no hookups and must register when camping.
Phone:(256) 764-3237
