Natchez Trace Parkway
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi
🟢 🔴 hikes
Free entry
The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444-mile recreational road and scenic drive through three states. It roughly follows the "Old Natchez Trace," a historic travel corridor used by American Indians, "Kaintucks," European settlers, slave traders, soldiers, and future presidents. Today, people can enjoy a scenic drive as well as hiking, biking, horseback riding, and camping along the Parkway.
Activities
Topics
No entrance fee.
Hours
The Natchez Trace Parkway motor road is open all year, day and night. Operating hours for information centers and some locations do vary. Severe weather resulting in washouts and downed trees can cause temporary road closures. Questions about road condition should be directed to the Parkway's visitor center by calling 1-800-305-7417.
Conditions
Weather now: ⛈️ Thunderstorm, 80°F
⛈️ 84°/73°
☁️ 81°/68°
⛈️ 87°/67°
Things to do
Hiking the Blackland Prairie Section of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
Hiking the Yockanookany Section of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
Hiking the Highland Rim Section of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
Birding on the Natchez Trace Parkway
Hiking to Waterfalls on the Natchez Trace
🟢 Earn a BARK Ranger Dog Tag
Become a Natchez Trace Junior Ranger
Trails on the Natchez Trace Parkway
Campgrounds
Jeff Busby Campground, Milepost 193.1
Meriwether Lewis Campground, Milepost 385.9
Rocky Springs Campground, Milepost 54.8
Visitor centers
Meriwether Lewis Visitor Information Center Milepost 385.9
Mount Locust Information Center Milepost 15.5
Parkway Information Cabin Milepost 102.4
Parkway Visitor Center Milepost 266
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
How Natchez Trace Parkway connects
This park's activities, topics, location, and on-the-ground places — one hop in the graph. Drag to explore; click an activity, topic, or related park to follow it.
Park
Activity
Topic
State
Campground
VisitorCenter
PassportStamp
ThingToDo
Similar parks
Share activities & topics with Natchez Trace Parkway.
