Natchez Trace Mississippi Blog Articles

Half a mile west of the Natchez Trace Parkway at the intersection of Mississippi Highways 429 and 43 sits an oasis for the hungry or thirsty traveler. This crossroads is known as Thomastown and right in the corner you will find The Station Cafe.

The Station Cafe is listed on our list of markets that are located close to the Trace. Several bicyclists have reported that the food and hospitality are excellent. One group of three ladies were bicycling north heading towards Kosciusko when they decided to pull off the...

Photo by Janie Fortenberry Photography with a Southern Accent Vicksburg, Mississippi

People from all over the world travel to see the ruins of Windsor Plantation. Built just before the Civil War, Windsor was one of the largest plantations in the area. Windsor Ruins is located west of Port Gibson, Mississippi along ancient Rodney Road and north of Alcorn State University on Mississippi Highway 552.

Legend says that from a roof observatory, Mark Twain watched the Mississippi River in the distance. Leading up to the Battle of Port Gibson in...

The rural community of Church Hill, Mississippi is located at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 553 and Church Hill Road just a few miles from the Natchez Trace Parkway and about 15 miles north of Natchez. The area is named after Christ Church, circa 1790, which sits atop a terraced hill. Across the intersection is a wooden country store built around 1837. The store was closed in the late 1990s. It also functioned as the Church Hill, MS post office.

The Church Hill Loop is 22 miles long - 12 miles along...

The 444 mile-long Natchez Trace Parkway starts in Natchez, Mississippi and goes northeast through Mississippi, northwest Alabama and middle Tennessee before ending in Nashville, TN. There is quite a difference in climate from the southern terminus of the Trace at Natchez, MS (latitude 31.5) and the northern terminus at Nashville, TN (latitude 36.0).

NatchezTraceTravel.com has divided the Natchez Trace Parkway into fifteen geographic sections, each approximately 30 miles in length. The first nine sections are in Mississippi, one section in Alabama and the last five sections are located in Tennessee. Each section is named after nearby towns and cities.

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This 28 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway spans the area south of the Tishomingo | Belmont, Mississippi area from milepost 281 to the Mississippi-Alabama state line at milepost 309.

Traveling south to north you will encounter several sites that are part of the Natchez Trace Parkway and are overseen by the National Park Service:

• Donivan Slough
  Self-guiding trail through an area that floods quite frequently creating an environment for a large variety of plants.
• Pharr Mounds
  This is the largest and most important archaeological site in northern Mississippi. Eight large dome shaped burial mounds...

This 33 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway spans the area south of Tupelo, Mississippi from milepost 248 to north of Tupelo at milepost 281.

Traveling south to north you will encounter several sites that are part of the Natchez Trace Parkway and are overseen by the National Park Service:

• Tockshish
  A "stand" located here was also the midway point exchange of mail bags on the postal route from Nashville to Natchez.
• Chickasaw Council House
  Near here on the Old Trace stood an Indian village, Pontatock, with its council house, which in the 1820s...

This 44 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway spans the area south of Houston, Mississippi from milepost 204 to north of Houston at milepost 248.

Traveling south to north you will encounter several sites that are part of the Natchez Trace Parkway and are overseen by the National Park Service:

• Line Creek
  The Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes recognized this creek as the boundary between their lands.
  
• Old Trace
  An original section of the Old Trace crosses the parkway.
  
• Bynum Mounds
  These mounds were built more than 1800 years ago.
  
• Witch Dance
  A large picnic...

This 38 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway spans the area south of French Camp from milepost 166 to north of French Camp at milepost 204.

Traveling south to north you will encounter several sites that are part of the Natchez Trace Parkway and are overseen by the National Park Service:

• Cole Creek
  A 15 minute self-guiding trail takes you through a water tupelo/bald cypress swamp.
  
• Bethel Mission
  One of 13 Choctaw missions was located near here.
  
• French Camp
  French Camp Historic District sits alongside the Natchez Trace at milepost 180. Come discover...

This 31 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway spans the area south of Kosciusko from milepost 135 to north of Kosciusko at milepost 166.

Traveling south to north you will encounter several sites that are part of the Natchez Trace Parkway and are overseen by the National Park Service:

• Robinson Road
  Robinson Road was built in 1821. Designation of the Robinson Road as the mail route in 1822, drew much of the traffic from the northern Mississippi section of the Natchez Trace. No longer was the Trace the only direct road through the...

This 33 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway starts at milepost 102 at the northern end of Jackson, Mississippi and goes northeast past Canton, Mississippi to milepost 135. For several miles the Trace follows the western shoreline of beautiful Ross Barnett Reservoir.

Traveling south to north you will encounter several sites that are part of the Natchez Trace Parkway and are overseen by the National Park Service:

• Brashear's Stand and Old Trace
  Two portions of the Old Natchez Trace, are preserved here. In 1806 the stand was advertised as "a house of...