Write to

7001 US Highway 80
Hayneville, AL 36040-4612

E-mail Us

Phone

Lowndes County Interpretive Center: (334) 877-1983
Fax: (334) 877-1985

The Selma to Montgomery National Voting Rights Trail was established by Congress in 1996 to commemorate the events, people, and route of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama. The route is also designated as a National Scenic Byway/All-American Road.

Getting There

Plane

Visitors may fly into the Montgomery Regional Airport. The airport is on the trail route. Exiting the airport, go east on Selma Highway/Hwy 80 to Selma, AL or west to Montgomery, AL.

Car

From Birmingham, AL follow I-65 south and take Exit 212 to Clanton. From Clanton take Hwy 145 to Hwy 22 and follow Hwy 22 for 45 minutes to Selma. From Atlanta, GA take I-85 south to Montgomery, AL. Merge onto I-65 south and get off on Exit 167 to Hwy 80 west. Continue for 43 miles to Selma.

The start of the trail is located at Brown Chapel, A.M.E. Church in Selma located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Street. Follow Trail markers to scenic Highway 80 through Lowndes County, AL. Continue on Hwy 80 to Montgomery terminating at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery located on Dexter Avenue.

Operating Hours & Seasons

The Lowndes County Interpretive Center is open daily 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST. The Trail is open year-round. 

Website: http://www.nps.gov/semo/index.htm