Natchez Trace Parkway road trip
10 places · by Peyman
Three days down the 444-mile parkway from Nashville through Alabama and Mississippi to Natchez, with waterfalls, mounds and history stops.
3 days10 stops4h 50m drivingeach day starts 8:00am
The whole trip
Every stop on one map, colored by day. The line follows the route in order; each day is mapped on its own below.
Day 1Day 2Day 3
Day 18:00am – 11:35am · 3 stops · 1h 10m driving
Stops in order
8:00am
Stop 1 · 1h
The Loveless Cafe
8400 TN-100, Nashville, TN 37221, USA
Biscuits and country ham near the parkway's northern end since 1951.
45mdrive to the next stop
9:45am
Stop 2 · 40m
Jackson Falls
Natchez Trace Pkwy, Duck River, TN 38454, USA
Short, steep path down to a waterfall and pool.
25mdrive to the next stop
10:50am
Stop 3 · 45m
Meriwether Lewis Monument
GG4R+XP, Meriwether Lewis Park Rd, Hohenwald, TN 38462, USA
Gravesite and monument to the explorer, who died here in 1809.
Day 28:00am – 12:40pm · 3 stops · 1h 10m driving
Stops in order
8:00am
Stop 1 · 1h 30m
Tishomingo State Park
105 Co Rd 90, Tishomingo, MS 38873, USA
Sandstone bluffs, a swinging bridge and trails in the Appalachian foothills.
55mdrive to the next stop
10:25am
Stop 2 · 45m
Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center
2680 Natchez Trace Pkwy, Tupelo, MS 38804, USA
Main parkway visitor center with exhibits, a film and rangers.
15mdrive to the next stop
11:25am
Stop 3 · 1h 15m
Elvis Presley Birthplace
306 Elvis Presley Dr, Tupelo, MS 38801, USA
The two-room house where Elvis was born, plus a museum and his boyhood church.
Day 38:00am – 1:25pm · 4 stops · 2h 30m driving
Stops in order
8:00am
Stop 1 · 30m
Cypress Swamp
Natchez Trace Pkwy, Canton, MS 39046, USA
Boardwalk loop through bald cypress and tupelo swamp.
1h 15mdrive to the next stop
9:45am
Stop 2 · 45m
Rocky Springs Campground
Milepost, 54.8 Natchez Trace Pkwy, Hermanville, MS 39086, USA
Site of a vanished town, with an old church, cemetery and Old Trace walk.
45mdrive to the next stop
11:15am
Stop 3 · 40m
Emerald Mound
Emerald Mound Rd, Natchez, MS 39120, USA
One of the largest Native American ceremonial mounds in the US.
30mdrive to the next stop
12:25pm
Stop 4 · 1h
Longwood
140 Lower Woodville Rd, Natchez, MS 39120, USA
Octagonal mansion left unfinished when the Civil War began; guided tours.
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