A 444-mile federal parkway running from Natchez up to Nashville, built along the historic overland route between the two.
- The route
- Natchez Trace Parkway, an All-American Road
- How long
- 444 miles end to end. The Federal Highway Administration suggests: “Take two days to enjoy the byway.”
- How far apart
- Our stops on it sit within 414 miles of one another.
- Fees
- None to drive the byway itself; individual sites set their own.
Our guides along it
4 guides across 2 states. Where you start, where you stop and how long you stay are yours to pick.
NatchezMississippi
The southern end, on the bluff above the Mississippi.
JacksonMississippi
The parkway passes the capital’s northern edge, through Ridgeland.
TupeloMississippi
Where the parkway keeps its headquarters and visitor center.
NashvilleTennessee
The northern end, which the parkway reaches from the south-west by way of Franklin.
What our guides already say about sites on it
Each of these is written up in the guide named beneath it. Nothing on this page is new text.
The Natchez Trace Parkway's southern terminus
The start of the modern parkway commemorating the historic overland route to Nashville.
from Natchez
The Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center
The parkway's Tupelo headquarters, offering maps and information for the full 444-mile route to Nashville.
from Tupelo
Leiper's Fork
A tiny village on the Natchez Trace Parkway outside Franklin where, according to Visit Franklin, songwriters, vocalists, guitarists and producers have drifted to escape the noise of Nashville.
from Nashville
In this corridor, and not in a guide yet
Listed so this page is not mistaken for a complete one.
- Mount Locust — One of the surviving inns from the days when the route was walked, at the Mississippi end, and in no guide yet. The Natchez guide is the one to add it to.
- Emerald Mound — A large Mississippian ceremonial mound a few miles off the parkway near Natchez, and in no guide yet.
- The Meriwether Lewis site — Lewis’s grave and monument sit on the Tennessee stretch. Neither of our two guides on this parkway covers the miles between Tupelo and Franklin.
Where these facts come from
- The parkway’s length, designation, suggested time and fees — fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov, checked 2026-11-02