Natchez Trace Parkway

States: Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee
Length: 444.0 mi / 714.5 km
Time to Allow: Take two days to enjoy the byway.

Native Americans, Kaintuck boatmen, post riders, government officials, and soldiers all moved across this trail, creating a vital link between the Mississippi Territory and the fledgling United States. Pass through forests, cypress swamps, and farmland to meander through the rock-studded hills of Tennessee, cotton fields in Alabama, and Mississippi's rural countryside.

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  Biking the Natchez Trace Parkway

  Updated Jan 9, 2013 in Getaways: Byways on a Budget and Goodyear’s Top 50 Scenic, Comfortable Drives

  Stretching from the bright lights of Nashville, Tennessee, south to the banks of the Mississippi River in Natchez, Mississippi, the Natchez Trace Parkway was named by ESPN as one of the country's top ten road biking destinations.

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  Bike through Civil War History on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi

  Updated May 31, 2012 in Get Fit! Get Active: Go Biking This Fall, The American Civil War, The American Civil War: Battles and Beyond, and The American Civil War: Lives and Legends

  Watch and listen for echoes of the region's Civil War past as you bike the Natchez Trace Parkway through northern Mississippi.

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• 1-Day Trip: Tennessee Natchez Trace Tour
  (Tennessee)

  Explore the old trails and hills of the Natchez Trace in Tennessee. While on the parkway, official Natchez Trace Parkway signs will designate...

• 1-Day Trip: Alabama Natchez Trace Tour
  (Alabama)

  Passing briefly through the state of Alabama, the Natchez Trace Parkway takes you through a few of the historically important sites of the time....

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The following byways are part of the designated byway Natchez Trace Parkway:

• Natchez Trace Parkway - Alabama
• Natchez Trace Parkway - Mississippi
• Natchez Trace Parkway - Tennessee