Today there is little of the battlefield available for public access. The majority of the most significant sites have been developed for commercial or residential purposes. The old Fort Negley fortifications behind the Cumberland Science Museum in downtown Nashville, and the new Peace Monument Park on Granny White Pike, are the only Civil War landmarks in Nashville owned by the local government. Fort Negley, which is the largest inland stone fortification of the Civil War, is in a rapid state of deterioration. There are another twenty sites around the city that can be linked to the Battle of Nashville.
None are under the protection of the city, state or federal government.
As the city swells to meet the growing demand for new office space, housing and infrastructure, it risks losing what little is left of this valuable historical resource. It is a well preserved wooded area, and has visible earthworks from its use as a land battery in the preceding weeks of the Battle of Nashville. The Metropolitan Park Service has expressed an interest in incorporating this land into a Greenway Park. One hundred and thirty-seven years later, some of what little is left of this historic battlefield, might finally preserved for future generations. A recent survey of visiting European tourists listed the Civil War as the most important attraction in Tennessee.