Natchez Trace Parkway

Drive, bike or hike a 444-mile scenic parkway through Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee along a historic travel route.

2680 Natchez Trace Parkway · Tupelo, MS

About Natchez Trace Parkway

The Natchez Trace Parkway runs 444 miles from Natchez, Mississippi, to the Nashville area, roughly following the Old Natchez Trace used by American Indians, settlers and soldiers. You can drive it, bike it, hike short trails, ride horses or camp along the way. Stops include Emerald Mound, the Mount Locust site and the Meriwether Lewis gravesite. The main visitor center sits near Tupelo at milepost 266, and commercial traffic is not allowed on the road.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Natchez Trace Parkway, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Shopping
Mall at Barnes Crossing
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A large indoor shopping mall in Tupelo, Mississippi, with department stores, a cinema, a food court, and a seasonal Santa's Village.
1.6 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping
Attractions
Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo
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A 210-acre zoo and bison park in Tupelo with over 260 animals, including a free-roaming American bison herd.
4.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Attractions
Museums
Iconic
Elvis Presley Birthplace
$25–$50
See the two-room house where Elvis Presley was born, plus his childhood church, a museum and a chapel.
5.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sightseeing
Tupelo National Battlefield
No admission fee
A small National Park Service site in Tupelo marking a July 1864 Civil War battle between Union and Confederate forces.
5.4 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Sightseeing
History Buff
Rowan Oak
Under $25
Tour William Faulkner's 1844 home in Oxford and walk the wooded grounds where he lived and wrote for over 30 years.
Transit: reachable by public transit
47 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure
Wall Doxey State Park
Under $25
Fish a 60-acre spring-fed lake, walk the 2.5-mile trail around it and play two 18-hole disc golf courses in a 1930s CCC park near Holly Springs.
49 mi awayMore like this