Plan Your Visit
Suggested Itinerary
We recommend visitors begin their tour at the WWII Japanese American Internment Museum in McGehee, Arkansas. Hours for the museum are Thursday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5. Children under 12, along with college and school groups, are free.
Since very little of the original camp remains today, a trip through the museum offers the necessary background for a site visit. From there visitors can travel to the site of the former Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center, open during daylight hours only. There is parking for buses on the gravel road into the site, as well as for private vehicles. There are no facilities at the site.
Note: If you are entering the Rohwer Japanese American Internment Center into Google Maps, you will need to refer to it as “Rohwer Relocation Center Memorial Cemetery.”
Going to the Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center from the WWII Japanese American Internment Museum in McGehee, Arkansas
Starting from E Seamans Dr
| 1 | Head southwest on E Seamans Dr toward N 1st St |
| 2 | Turn right onto N 1st St |
| 3 | Take the 3rd right onto AR-1 N/E Ash StContinue to follow AR-1 N |
| 4 | Turn left. You will see signage and a guard tower beside a gravel road on your left. Turn there and park. The Rohwer Memorial Cemetery will be on your left, and you will find audio panels at various points along the gravel road. |
Total: 12.8 mi – about 16 mins
Traveling from Little Rock, Arkansas
Starting from State Capitol
| 1 | Head north on State Capitol toward Capitol Mall |
| 2 | Take the 1st right onto Capitol Mall |
| 3 | Continue onto W 4th St |
| 4 | Slight right onto Woodlane St |
| 5 | Continue onto Dr Martin Luther King Dr |
| 6 | Turn left to merge onto I-630 E |
| 7 | Take exit 139A-139B for I-30 W/I-30 E towardTexarkana/N Little Rock |
| 8 | Take exit 139B to merge onto I-30 W towardTexarkana |
| 9 | Continue onto US-167 S/US-65 S |
| 10 | Continue onto I-530 S |
| 11 | Continue onto US-100% S (signs for US-65 S/Dumas/McGehee/Lake Village) |
| 12 | Continue onto US-65 S |
| 13 | Turn left onto AR-54 E/U.S. 165 N/Pickens StContinue to follow AR-54 E/U.S. 165 N |
| 14 | Slight right onto AR-1 S |
| 15 | Turn left to stay on AR-1 S |
| 16 | You will see signage and a guard tower beside a gravel road on your right. Turn there and park. The Rohwer Memorial Cemetery will be on your right, and you will find audio panels at various points along the gravel road. |
Total: 113 mi – about 1 hour 58 mins
Traveling from Jonesboro, Arkansas
| 1 | Head south on Stadium Blvd |
| 2 | Turn right to merge onto US-49 S/US-63 Ntoward US-49 S |
| 3 | Take exit 45 to merge onto AR-18 E/US-49 S/Alexander Dr |
| 4 | Turn right onto US-49 S/Southwest Dr
Continue to follow US-49 S
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| 5 | Turn right onto Hwy 64 W/US-49 S/US-64 W |
| 6 | Take the 1st left onto US-49 S |
| 7 | Turn left onto W Sycamore St |
| 8 | Take the 1st right onto S Grand Ave |
| 9 | Continue onto AR-238 Spur W |
| 10 | Continue onto US-49 S |
| 11 | Turn right onto State Hwy 39 |
| 12 | Turn right onto AR-1 S |
| 13 | Sharp left to stay on AR-1 S |
| 14 | Turn left to stay on AR-1 S |
| 15 | Turn right. You will see signage and a guard tower beside a gravel road on your right. Turn there and park. The Rohwer Memorial Cemetery will be on your left, and you will find audio panels at various points along the gravel road. |
Traveling from Memphis, Tennessee
| 1 | Head west on Poplar Ave toward N 2nd St |
| 2 | Turn right onto N Front St |
| 3 | Turn left to merge onto I-40 W
Entering Arkansas
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| 4 | Keep left to stay on I-40 W, follow signs for Little Rock |
| 5 | Take exit 265 for US-79 toward Hughes |
| 6 | Turn left onto AR-218 W/US-79 S/Bing’s Store Rd
Continue to follow US-79 S
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| 7 | Turn left onto AR-1 S/Forrest Ave
Continue to follow AR-1 S
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| 8 | Turn right onto AR-1 S/US-49 N |
| 9 | Turn left onto AR-1 S |
| 10 | Sharp left to stay on AR-1 S |
| 11 | Turn left to stay on AR-1 S. Continue on AR-1 South for 9.2 more miles. You will see signage and a guard tower beside a gravel road on your right. Turn there and park. The Rohwer Memorial Cemetery will be on your left, and you will find audio panels at various points along the gravel road. |
Traveling from Greenville, Mississippi
Starting from US-278 W/US-82 W
| 1 | Head west on US-278 W/US 82 W toward Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd |
| 2 | Continue to follow US-278W |
| 3 | Entering Arkansas |
| 4 | Turn left onto S 1st St |
| 5 | Turn right onto AR-1 N/E Ash St |
| 6 | Turn to left |
| 7 | You will see signage and a guard tower beside a gravel road on your right. Turn there and park. The Rohwer Memorial Cemetery will be on your right, and you will find audio panels at various points along the gravel road. |
Total: 56.1 mi – about 1 hour 4 mins
Traveling from Lake Providence, Louisianna
Starting from Sparrow St
| 1 | Head north on Sparrow St toward Lake St |
| 2 | Turn left onto US-65 N/Lake St |
| 3 | Continue to follow US-65 N |
| 4 | Turn left onto US-278 W/US-65 N/US-82 W |
| 5 | Continue to follow US-278 W/US-65 N |
| 6 | Turn left onto S 1st St |
| 7 | Turn right onto AR-1 N/E Ash St |
| 8 | Turn to left |
| 9 | You will see signage and a guard tower beside a gravel road on your right. Turn there and park. The Rohwer Memorial Cemetery will be on your right, and you will find audio panels at various points along the gravel road. |
Total: 75.0 mi – about 1 hour 25 mins
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