What is the Natchez Trace?

What is the Natchez Trace?

The simple answer to what is the Natchez Trace is that it is 444 miles of scenic parkway running from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee. The entire length of the Natchez Trace is maintained by the National Park Service.

The original Natchez Trace was a well worn path. People called Kaintucks floated their crops and goods down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers all the way Natchez, Mississippi or New Orleans, Louisiana. When they arrived at their destination, they sold absolutely everything, including the boats. They knew they couldn't fight the currents against the flow of the rivers, so they walked a well worn path which was the Natchez Trace.

Before the Kaintucks used the Trace, the Natchez Trace was a series of paths used by Native Americans.

With time, the Natchez Trace was disappearing because people weren't using that path any longer. In 1938 the National Park Service began construction on the Natchez Trace. It was completed in 2005.

Things you will not see on the Natchez Trace Parkway Include 18 wheel trucks, billboards, and speed limits above 50mph. What you will see is beautiful country. Three free campgrounds are on the Natchez Trace Parkway.

You will see many points of interest. Be sure to get a map before you start a journey on the Trace. The map will give you specifics about what you will see at various mile markers. The exits for the sites are clearly marked.

Some of the sites are places where you can walk along the original Natchez Trace. If the map says it's an easy walk, it truly is an easy walk.

Coming up, we will have videos about each of the campgrounds on the Natchez Trace Parkway.

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