On August 16, 2023 a 17.5-mile-long section of the Natchez Trace Parkway just south of Tupelo, MS was closed for paving between milepost 239.2 and milepost 256.7. This closure is expected to last thru the spring of 2024.
For more information about the closure, click here.
NatchezTraceTravel.com has 18 different end-to-end itineraries for biking the Natchez Trace Parkway from either Natchez to Nashville or Nashville to Natchez. If you are biking with a support vehicle the South Tupelo paving project won't be much of a concern as you can drive around the closure on the park service's Marked Detour Route (which is not safe to bike).
If you (or your group) won't have a support vehicle you might consider biking all or part of, either:
- South of the Tupelo Paving Project - between Natchez, MS (milepost 0 - southern terminus) and Houston, MS (milepost 230)
- North of Tupelo - between the North Tupelo, MS area (milepost 266 or milepost 276) and Nashville, TN (milepost 442 - northern terminus)
South of the Tupelo Paving Project Bicycle Itinerary Options
North of Tupelo Bicycle Itinerary Options
Biking South to North between Natchez, MS (milepost 0 - southern terminus) and Houston, MS (milepost 230):
Using "Daily Routes" already developed there are 6 options:
- 2 Days of Biking (averaging 115 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Natchez, MS to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 2 - Ridgeland, MS to Houston, MS - click here - 3 Days of Biking (averaging 77 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Natchez, MS to Raymond, MS - click here
Day 2 - Raymond, MS to Kosciusko, MS - click here
Day 3 - Kosciusko, MS to Houston, MS - click here - 4 Days of Biking (averaging 58 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Natchez, MS to Port Gibson, MS - click here
Day 2 - Port Gibson, MS to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 3 - Ridgeland, MS to Kosciusko, MS - click here
Day 4 - Kosciusko, MS to Houston, MS - click here - 5 Days of Biking (averaging 47 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Natchez, MS to Port Gibson, MS - click here
Day 2 - Port Gibson, MS to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 3 - Ridgeland, MS to Carthage, MS area or Kosciusko, MS - click here
Day 4 - Carthage, MS area or Kosciusko, MS to French Camp, MS - click here
Day 5 - French Camp, MS to Houston, MS - click here - 6 Days of Biking (averaging 39 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Natchez, MS to Port Gibson, MS - click here
Day 2 - Port Gibson, MS to Raymond, MS - click here
Day 3 - Raymond, MS to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 4 - Ridgeland, MS to Carthage, MS area or Kosciusko, MS - click here
Day 5 - Carthage, MS area or Kosciusko, MS to French Camp, MS - click here
Day 6 - French Camp, MS to Houston, MS - click here - 7 Days of Biking (averaging 33 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Natchez, MS to Port Gibson, MS - click here
Day 2 - Port Gibson, MS to Raymond, MS - click here
Day 3 - Raymond, MS to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 4 - Ridgeland, MS to Carthage, MS area - click here
Day 5 - Carthage, MS area to Kosciusko, MS - click here
Day 6 - Kosciusko, MS to French Camp, MS - click here
Day 7 - French Camp, MS to Houston, MS - click here
Of course, you could bike a portion of any of these itineraries. For example, you could bike the last 4 days of the 7-day-option - start in Ridgeland and bike 4 days to Houston.
Biking North to South between Houston, MS (milepost 230) and Natchez, MS (milepost 0 - southern terminus):
Using "Daily Routes" already developed there are 6 options:
- 2 Days of Biking (averaging 115 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Houston, MS to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 2 - Ridgeland, MS to Natchez, MS - click here - 3 Days of Biking (averaging 77 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Houston, MS to Kosciusko, MS - click here
Day 2 - Kosciusko, MS to Raymond, MS - click here
Day 3 - Raymond, MS to Natchez, MS - click here - 4 Days of Biking (averaging 58 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Houston, MS to Kosciusko, MS - click here
Day 2 - Kosciusko, MS to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 3 - Ridgeland, MS to Port Gibson, MS - click here
Day 4 - Port Gibson, MS to Natchez, MS - click here - 5 Days of Biking (averaging 47 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Houston, MS to French Camp, MS - click here
Day 2 - French Camp, MS to Kosciusko, MS or Carthage, MS area - click here
Day 3 - Kosciusko, MS or Carthage, MS area to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 4 - Ridgeland, MS to Port Gibson, MS - click here
Day 5 - Port Gibson, MS to Natchez, MS - click here - 6 Days of Biking (averaging 39 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Houston, MS to French Camp, MS - click here
Day 2 - French Camp, MS to Kosciusko, MS or Carthage, MS area - click here
Day 3 - Kosciusko, MS or Carthage, MS area to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 4 - Ridgeland, MS to Raymond, MS - click here
Day 5 - Raymond, MS to Port Gibson, MS - click here
Day 6 - Port Gibson, MS to Natchez, MS - click here - 7 Days of Biking (averaging 33 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Houston, MS to French Camp, MS - click here
Day 2 - French Camp, MS to Kosciusko, MS - click here
Day 3 - Kosciusko, MS to Carthage, MS area - click here
Day 4 - Carthage, MS area to Ridgeland, MS - click here
Day 5 - Ridgeland, MS to Raymond, MS - click here
Day 6 - Raymond, MS to Port Gibson, MS - click here
Day 7 - Port Gibson, MS to Natchez, MS - click here
Of course, you could bike a portion of any of these itineraries. For example, you could bike the middle 3 days of the 7-day-option - start in Kosciusko and bike 3 days to Raymond.
Biking South to North between the North Tupelo, MS area (milepost 266 - or milepost 276) and Nashville, TN (milepost 442 - northern terminus):
Using "Daily Routes" already developed there are 6 options:
- 2 Days of Biking (averaging 88 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - North Tupelo, MS area to Collinwood, TN - click here
Day 2 - Collinwood, TN to Nashville, TN - click here - 3 Days of Biking (averaging 59 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - North Tupelo, MS area to Threet, AL - click here
Day 2 - Threet, AL to Hohenwald, TN - click here
Day 3 - Hohenwald, TN to Nashville, TN - click here - 4 Days of Biking (averaging 44 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - North Tupelo, MS area to Belmont / Tishomingo, MS - click here
Day 2 - Belmont / Tishomingo, MS to Threet, AL or Collinwood, TN - click here
Day 3 - Threet, AL or Collinwood, TN to Hohenwald, TN - click here
Day 4 - Hohenwald, TN to Nashville, TN - click here - 5 Days of Biking (averaging 36 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - North Tupelo, MS area to Belmont / Tishomingo, MS - click here
Day 2 - Belmont / Tishomingo, MS to Threet, AL or Collinwood, TN - click here
Day 3 - Threet, AL or Collinwood, TN to Hohenwald, TN - click here
Day 4 - Hohenwald, TN to Fly / Santa Fe, TN - click here
Day 5 - Fly / Santa Fe, TN to Nashville, TN - click here - 6 Days of Biking (averaging 30 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - North Tupelo, MS area to Belmont / Tishomingo, MS - click here
Day 2 - Belmont / Tishomingo, MS to Threet, AL - click here
Day 3 - Threet, AL to Collinwood, TN - click here
Day 4 - Collinwood, TN to Hohenwald, TN - click here
Day 5 - Hohenwald, TN to Fly / Santa Fe, TN - click here
Day 6 - Fly / Santa Fe, TN to Nashville, TN - click here
Of course, you could bike a portion of any of these itineraries. For example, you could bike the last 3 days of the 6-day-option - start in Collinwood and bike 3 days to Nashville.
Biking North to South between Nashville, TN (milepost 442 - northern terminus) and North Tupelo, MS area (milepost 266 - or milepost 276):
Using "Daily Routes" already developed there are 6 options:
- 2 Days of Biking (averaging 88 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Nashville, TN to Collinwood, TN - click here
Day 2 - Collinwood, TN to North Tupelo, MS area - click here - 3 Days of Biking (averaging 59 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Nashville, TN to Hohenwald, TN - click here
Day 2 - Hohenwald, TN to Threet, AL - click here
Day 3 - Threet, AL to North Tupelo, MS area - click here - 4 Days of Biking (averaging 44 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Nashville, TN to Hohenwald, TN - click here
Day 2 - Hohenwald, TN to Collinwood, TN or Threet, AL - click here
Day 3 - Collinwood, TN or Threet, AL to Tishomingo / Belmont, MS - click here
Day 4 - Tishomingo / Belmont, MS to North Tupelo, MS area - click here - 5 Days of Biking (averaging 36 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Nashville, TN to Fly / Santa Fe, TN - click here
Day 2 - Fly / Santa Fe, TN to Hohenwald, TN - click here
Day 3 - Hohenwald, TN to Collinwood, TN or Threet, AL - click here
Day 4 - Collinwood, TN or Threet, AL to Tishomingo / Belmont, MS - click here
Day 5 - Tishomingo / Belmont, MS to North Tupelo, MS area - click here - 6 Days of Biking (averaging 30 miles/day biking on the Parkway):
Day 1 - Nashville, TN to Fly / Santa Fe, TN - click here
Day 2 - Fly / Santa Fe, TN to Hohenwald, TN - click here
Day 3 - Hohenwald, TN to Collinwood, TN - click here
Day 4 - Collinwood, TN to Threet, AL - click here
Day 5 - Threet, AL to Tishomingo / Belmont, MS - click here
Day 6 - Tishomingo / Belmont, MS to North Tupelo, MS area - click here
Of course, you could bike a portion of any of these itineraries. For example, you could bike the first 4 days of the 6-day-option - start in Nashville and bike 4 days to Threet.