Printed page from NatchezTraceTravel.com.
To make a reservation call 800.377.2770.
To make a reservation call 800.377.2770.
Loess Bluff
Natchez Trace
Loess Bluff is located on the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 12.4.
This bluff shows a deep deposit of windblown topsoil known as Loess (pronounced Low-ess). It was formed during the Ice age when glaciers covered the northern half of the United States. At this time nearly continuous dust storms swept in from the western plains and covered this area with wind blown dust to a depth of 30 to 90 feet. Here it rests on sands and clays of an ancient sea. It originally covered a vast region but in this area is now confined to a strip east of the Mississippi River from three to 30 miles wide extending from Baton Rouge into Tennessee. Where the Old Natchez Trace passed over Loess it formed sunken roads, in places 20 feet deep.
Locator Map for Loess Bluff and other Natchez Trace points of interest!
Click on these nearby points of interest:
1 Windsor Ruins Loop Route
2 The Old Country Store Restaurant
3 Rosswood Planation Bed and Breakfast
4 North Fork Coles Creek
5 Mud Island Creek
6 Bullen Creek
7 Coles Creek
8 Church Hill Loop Route
9 Mount Locust
* Loess Bluff
10 Turpin Creek
11 Emerald Mound
12 Brandon Hall Plantation Bed and Breakfast
13 Old Trace Exhibit Shelter
14 Elizabeth Female Academy
15 Bluff Top Bed and Breakfast
16 The Burn Bed and Breakfast
17 Devereaux Shields House Bed and Breakfast
18 Natchez, Mississippi
19 1888 Wensel House Bed and Breakfast
20 Hugh's Cottage
21 Pleasant Hill Bed and Breakfast
22 Bisland House Bed and Breakfast
23 Oak Hill Inn Bed and Breakfast
24 Magnolia Cottage Bed and Breakfast
25 Southern Terminus
26 Hope Farm Bed and Breakfast
27 Grand Village of the Natchez Indians
28 Elgin Plantation Bed and Breakfast
Color Key:
* Loess Bluff
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
Area Merchants
1 Windsor Ruins Loop Route
2 The Old Country Store Restaurant
3 Rosswood Planation Bed and Breakfast
4 North Fork Coles Creek
5 Mud Island Creek
6 Bullen Creek
7 Coles Creek
8 Church Hill Loop Route
9 Mount Locust
* Loess Bluff
10 Turpin Creek
11 Emerald Mound
12 Brandon Hall Plantation Bed and Breakfast
13 Old Trace Exhibit Shelter
14 Elizabeth Female Academy
15 Bluff Top Bed and Breakfast
16 The Burn Bed and Breakfast
17 Devereaux Shields House Bed and Breakfast
18 Natchez, Mississippi
19 1888 Wensel House Bed and Breakfast
20 Hugh's Cottage
21 Pleasant Hill Bed and Breakfast
22 Bisland House Bed and Breakfast
23 Oak Hill Inn Bed and Breakfast
24 Magnolia Cottage Bed and Breakfast
25 Southern Terminus
26 Hope Farm Bed and Breakfast
27 Grand Village of the Natchez Indians
28 Elgin Plantation Bed and Breakfast
Color Key:
* Loess Bluff
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
Area Merchants
