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Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis

Maumee & Toledo · Lucas County · Northwest Ohio
The 1794 battle that opened Ohio
National Historic Site (affiliated with the National Park Service)British fort site

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Fallen Timbers Battlefield Metropark, 4949 N Jerome Rd, Maumee
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The decisive 1794 battle that ended the Northwest Indian War, and the British fort next door.

Battle
August 20, 1794: General Anthony Wayne's Legion defeated a confederation of Ohio and Great Lakes tribes
Warriors
A line of about 1,100 warriors
Fort Miamis
A British earthwork built in 1794 to block Wayne's march to Detroit
Later
The Jay Treaty surrendered the fort to the United States in 1796; the British reoccupied it in 1813 during the siege of Fort Meigs
Three sites
The battlefield off Jerome Road, the monument overlooking the Maumee off US 24, and Fort Miamis

The story

On August 20, 1794, General Anthony 'Mad Anthony' Wayne led the Legion of the United States out of his camp at Roche de Bout. After a five-mile march through forest and brush they met a line of about 1,100 warriors of a confederation of Ohio and Great Lakes nations. The left flank charged, drove them from the field and inflicted heavy losses, and Wayne camped that night within sight of the British Fort Miamis.

The British had built Fort Miamis in spring 1794 as an earthwork of ditches and embankments reinforced with log stockades, to hold the Maumee Valley and stop Wayne. It looked so strong that Wayne did not try to take it, and its gates stayed closed to the retreating warriors, which cost the British the confidence of the nations they had supported. A year later, in the Treaty of Greenville, the confederation gave up most of what is now Ohio to the United States, the first of many treaties by which Native land passed to settlers. Under the 1794 Jay Treaty the British handed Fort Miamis over in 1796, and in 1813 they reoccupied it during the siege of Fort Meigs.

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The Gates That Stayed Shut

After the battle the warriors fell back toward Fort Miamis, expecting shelter from the British. The gates stayed closed. Wayne's troops watched the fort's guns from across the ground, and nobody fired.

Both sides understood what had happened: the confederation had lost, and its British allies were not going to fight for it. Within a year the tribes signed the Treaty of Greenville.

Behind the legend

The battle date and numbers are from the National Park Service. The closed gates are a standard part of the traditional account, and the NPS text notes only that Wayne did not attempt to take the fort. One of the plaques on the site gives the Jay Treaty surrender as 1976, which is a typo for 1796.

If you go

Visit all three sites, the battlefield, the monument and the Fort Miamis earthworks, and pair them with Fort Meigs across the river.

Visiting

Status
Open; sites are outdoors
Managed by
Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preservation Commission
Hours
The battlefield and monument are open to visitors; check the preservation commission for hours at the Fallen Timbers visitor sites.
Admission
Free.
Phone
See the preservation commission
Please note
The three sites are separate; plan a few hours.
Address
Jerome Rd, Maumee, OH 43537
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Hours and prices change. Confirm with the site before you go.

Parks nearby

Maumee Bay State Park
About 15 miles · A lakeshore lodge and beach park on Lake Erie.
Open
Mary Jane Thurston State Park
About 20 miles · Camping and a river beach on the Maumee.
Open

Buckeye Trail

Defiance Section
55 miles · on or near the Buckeye Trail
Open
Pemberville Section
56 miles · on or near the Buckeye Trail
Open

Details last checked 2026-09-22. Confirm hours and prices before you go.