Join a park ranger for a ranger led walk through the pre-Manhattan Project community of Wheat.  Manhattan Project National Historical Park will present a free program on Saturday, September 14, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).  The program will begin at Blair Road and the North Boundary Greenway. The walk will be about one and one half miles, so wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water to drink.  Stops will include “downtown” Wheat, George Jones Memorial Baptist Church, Roane College site, and the Crawford Cumberland Presbyterian Memorial. There will be stories about the development and significance of each site. 

Wheat is located on Blair Road 0.3 miles off the Oak Ridge Turnpike, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  If you need directions, information is available at the National Park desk in the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge or call (865) 482-1942.

Visitors are encouraged to visit our website for more information on the park at https://www.nps.gov/mapr/oakridge.htm.  Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ManhattanProjectNPS, follow us on the park’s Twitter feed at @MnhtnProjectNPS, or follow us on Instagram @manhattanprojectnp