Natchez Trace Trail

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Coordinates: 34°40′3.81″N 88°5′17.93″W / 34.6677250°N 88.0883139°W / 34.6677250; -88.0883139

Natchez Trace Trail
Natchez Trace Trail in Warner Park, Nashville, Tennessee.
Length	over 60 miles with 5 segments ^[1]
Location	Mississippi and Tennessee in the United States
Designation	National Scenic Trail in 1983
Use	Hiking, Horseback riding
Hiking details
Sights	ghost town of Rocky Springs Ross Barnett Reservoir
Surface	soil
Website	www.nps.gov/natt/

The Natchez Trace Trail is a designated National Scenic Trail in the United States whose route generally follows sections of the 444-mile (715 km) Natchez Trace Parkway through the states of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Unlike other national scenic trails, however, the trail is not envisioned as a long, continuous footpath, as is the case with other national scenic trails including, notably, the Appalachian Trail. Rather, only a limited number of trail segments along the route, currently over 60 miles (97 km)^[1] of trail, have been developed for hiking and horseback riding. Unlike many other trails that rely heavily on volunteers for trail construction and maintenance, these segments are managed by the National Park Service. Sections of the trail follow along the Parkway road shoulder and cross county and state roads.

The Parkway and National Scenic Trail commemorate the historic Natchez Trace, an ancient path that began as a Native American trail and has a rich history of use by explorers, "Kaintuck" boatmen, post riders, and military men.

Trail Sections

This trail comprises five (5) sections of trail. Table ordering is from South, Milepost 0 (Natchez), to North, Milepost 444 (near Nashville), but can be sorted differently.

Section Name	South Milepost	North Milepost	Notes
Potkopinu	17	20	As of 19 April 2012 (2012-04-19), this trail undergoing improvement and stream crossing may range from muddy to knee deep water.^[2]
Rocky Springs Trail	52.4	59	visitors can see the ghost town of Rocky Springs, Mississippi
Yockanookany Trail	107.9	130	immediately north of Jackson, Mississippi, longest trail section, 8 miles (13 km) of the trail section parallels the Ross Barnett Reservoir^[2]
Blackland Prairie Trail	260	266	in Tupelo, Mississippi
Highland Rim	407.9	427.4

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail". National Park Service. U.S. Department of Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail Guide". U.S. National Park Service. p. 2. Retrieved 2012-04-19.

External links

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National Geologic Trail	Ice Age Floods Trail

National Historic Trails	Ala Kahakai Trail California Trail Captain John Smith Chesapeake Trail El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Iditarod Trail Juan Bautista de Anza Trail Lewis and Clark Trail Mormon Trail Nez Perce Trail Old Spanish Trail Oregon Trail Overmountain Victory Trail Pony Express Trail Santa Fe Trail Selma to Montgomery Trail Star-Spangled Banner Trail Trail of Tears Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

National Scenic Trails	Appalachian Trail Arizona Trail Continental Divide Trail New England Trail Florida Trail Ice Age Trail Natchez Trace Trail North Country Trail Pacific Crest Trail Pacific Northwest Trail Potomac Heritage Trail

National Recreation Trails	National Park Service United States Forest Service Bureau of Land Management

Protected areas of Alabama

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

National Monuments	Russell Cave National Monument

National Forests	Conecuh Talladega Tuskegee William B. Bankhead

National Wildlife Refuges	Bon Secour Cahaba River Choctaw Eufaula Fern Cave Key Cave Mountain Longleaf Sauta Cave Watercress Darter Wheeler

Other Protected Areas	Little River Canyon National Preserve Natchez Trace Trail Pinhoti National Recreation Trail Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Weeks Bay Reserve

Wilderness Areas	Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain Wilderness Sipsey Wilderness

State

State Parks	Bladon Springs Blue Springs Buck's Pocket Cathedral Caverns Chattahoochee Cheaha Chewacla Chickasaw DeSoto Florala Frank Jackson Gulf Joe Wheeler Lake Guntersville Lake Lurleen Lakepoint Meaher Monte Sano Oak Mountain Paul M. Grist Rickwood Caverns Roland Cooper Wind Creek

State Forests	Choccolocco Hauss Geneva Little River Macon Weogufka

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web)

Protected areas of Tennessee

Federal

National Parks	Great Smoky Mountains National Park

National Historical Parks & Sites	Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

National Military Parks	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Fort Donelson National Battlefield Fort Donelson National Cemetery Shiloh National Cemetery Shiloh National Military Park Stones River National Battlefield Stones River National Cemetery

National Recreation Areas	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area

National Trails System	Appalachian National Scenic Trail Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

National Forests	Cherokee National Forest

National Wildlife Refuges	Chickasaw Cross Creeks Hatchie Lake Isom Lower Hatchie Reelfoot Tennessee

Wilderness Areas	Bald River Gorge Big Frog Big Laurel Branch Citico Creek Cohutta Gee Creek Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Little Frog Mountain Pond Mountain Sampson Mountain Unaka Mountain

Other Protected Areas	Natchez Trace Parkway Obed Wild and Scenic River

State

East Tennessee State Parks	Big Ridge Booker T. Washington Cove Lake Cumberland Mountain Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail Davy Crockett Birthplace Fort Loudoun Frozen Head Harrison Bay Hiwassee/Ocoee Indian Mountain Norris Dam Panther Creek Pickett Red Clay Roan Mountain Sycamore Shoals Warriors' Path

Middle Tennessee State Parks	Bicentennial Capitol Mall Bledsoe Creek Burgess Falls Cedars Of Lebanon Cordell Hull Birthplace Cummins Falls David Crockett Dunbar Cave Edgar Evins Fall Creek Falls Harpeth River Henry Horton Johnsonville Long Hunter Montgomery Bell Mousetail Landing Old Stone Fort Port Royal Radnor Lake Rock Island Sgt. Alvin C. York South Cumberland Standing Stone Tims Ford

West Tennessee State Parks	Big Cypress Tree Big Hill Pond Chickasaw Fort Pillow Meeman-Shelby N. B. Forrest Natchez Trace Paris Landing Pickwick Landing Pinson Mounds Reelfoot Lake T.O. Fuller

State Forests	Bledsoe Cedars of Lebanon Chickasaw Chuck Swan Franklin Lewis Lone Mountain Martha Sundquist Natchez Trace Pickett Prentice Cooper Scott Standing Stone Stewart

State Natural Areas	Big Bone Cave Colditz Cove Honey Creek House Mountain Piney Falls Laurel-Snow North Chickamauga Creek Gorge Ozone Falls Stillhouse Hollow Falls Stinging Fork Falls Virgin Falls

Other

Other	Catoosa Wildlife Management Area

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (web) - Tennessee Department of Agriculture (web)

Protected areas of Mississippi

Federal

National Historical Parks	Natchez

National Battlefields, Military Parks and Battlefield Sites	Brices Cross Roads NBS Shiloh NMP Tupelo NB Vicksburg NMP

National Seashores	Gulf Islands

National Trails	Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail

National Forests	Bienville Delta De Soto Holly Springs Homochitto Tombigee

National Wildlife Refuges	Bogue Chitto Coldwater River Dahomey Grand Bay Hillside Holt Collier Mathews Brake Mississippi Sandhill Crane Morgan Brake Noxubee Panther Swamp St. Catherine Creek Tallahatchie Theodore Roosevelt Yazoo

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Grand Bay

State

State Parks	Buccaneer Clark Creek Natural Area Clarkco Florewood George P. Cossar Golden Memorial Grand Gulf Military State Park Great River Road Holmes County Hugh White John W. Kyle J. P. Coleman Lake Lincoln Lake Lowndes LeFleur's Bluff Legion Leroy Percy Natchez Paul B. Johnson Percy Quin Roosevelt Shepard Tishomingo Tombigbee Trace Wall Doxey

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (web)

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