Trail of Tears State Park is a 3,415-acre Missouri park on the Mississippi River that combines recreation with memorialization of Cherokee people who died during the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Its interpretive center connects the river landscape to that forced removal through exhibits on the Trail of Tears and local wildlife. The park also contains an archaeological site added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. Today it is a place for camping, picnicking, swimming, hiking, horseback riding, and fishing, with access to Lake Boutin, the Mississippi River, scenic overlooks toward Illinois, and four trails including the Peewah Trail.