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Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center
Open All Year 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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** A section of the Natchez Trace Parkway has been washed out and is closed in northeast Mississippi between milepost 293.4 and 297.4, please select "Plan Your Visit" to the right for more information. ** The tentative date of May 18, 2005, has been set for the ceremonies celebrating the completion of the Natchez Trace Parkway, click "news" for more information. The 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway commemorates an ancient trail that connected southern portions of the Mississippi River to salt licks in today’s central Tennessee. Over the centuries, the Choctaw, Chickasaw and other American Indians left their marks on the Trace. The Natchez Trace experienced its heaviest use from 1785 to 1820 by the “Kaintuck” boatmen that floated the Ohio and Miss. rivers to markets in Natchez and New Orleans. They sold their cargo and boats and began the trek back north on foot to Nashville and points beyond. Today, visitors can experience this National Scenic Byway and All-American Road through driving, hiking, biking, horseback riding and camping.
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