Natchez Trace Parkway

The Natchez Trace Parkway is a National Park Service unit and an All-American Road in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee – going from north to south, here are some of the top places along this byway:

Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge
Birdsong Hollow, Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge

Tennessee

Birdsong Hollow and the iconic Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge

Jackson Falls

Tobacco Farm and Old Trace Drive

Fall Hollow Trail

Meriwether Lewis Monument

Alabama

Rock Spring Nature Trail

Mississippi

Tishomingo State Park

Pharr Mounds

Chickasaw Village Site

Bynum Mounds

Cypress Swamp

West Florida Boundary

Jackson (state capital)

Rocky Springs (abandoned town)

Sunken Trace

Port Gibson civil rights mural
Port Gibson civil rights mural

Port Gibson Historic District

Mount Locust (the only remaining inn, or “stand” on the Parkway)

Natchez State Park

Emerald Mound, along Natchez Trace Parkway
Emerald Mound, along Natchez Trace Parkway

Emerald Mound

Longwood, Natchez
Longwood, Natchez

Natchez and the Natchez National Historical Park