- Natchez Trace Trail
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Coordinates: 34°40′3.81″N 88°5′17.93″W / 34.667725°N 88.0883139°W The Natchez Trace Trail is a designated National Scenic Trail in the United States whose route stretches 440 miles (710 km) along the 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 totaling 62 miles (100 km), have been developed for use, primarily hiking, in four areas along the Natchez Trace Parkway. These segments of trail are managed by the National Park Service, unlike many other trails that rely heavily on volunteers for trail construction and maintenance. Sections of the trail follow along the Parkway road shoulder and cross county and state roads.
Along the trace, hikers can expect to see the occasional ghost town (e.g., Rocky Springs).
The Parkway commemorates 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.
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Protected Areas of Alabama Federal Bon Secour • Cahaba River • Choctaw • Eufaula • Fern Cave • Key Cave • Mountain Longleaf • Santa Cave • Watercress Darter • Wheeler
Little River Canyon National Preserve • Natchez Trace Trail • Pinhoti National Recreation Trail • Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail • Weeks Bay Reserve
Wilderness AreasState 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
Fayette • Geneva • Little River • Saint Stephens • Weogufka
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web) Protected Areas of Tennessee Federal National ParksChickamauga 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 CemeteryAppalachian National Scenic Trail • Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail • Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail • Trail of Tears National Historic TrailChickasaw • Cross Creeks • Hatchie • Lake Isom • Lower Hatchie • Reelfoot • Tennessee
Wilderness AreasBald River Gorge • Big Frog • Big Laurel Branch • Citico Creek • Cohutta • Gee Creek • Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock • Little Frog Mountain • Pond Mountain • Sampson Mountain • Unaka Mountain
Natchez Trace Parkway • Obed Wild and Scenic RiverState 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
Bicentennial Capitol Mall • Bledsoe Creek • Burgess Falls • Cedars Of Lebanon • Cordell Hull Birthplace • 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
Big Cypress Tree • Big Hill Pond • Chickasaw • Fort Pillow • Meeman-Shelby • N. B. Forrest • Natchez Trace • Paris Landing • Pickwick Landing • Pinson Mounds • Reelfoot Lake • Ross Cross Landing • T.O. Fuller
Bledsoe • Cedars of Lebanon • Chickasaw • Chuck Swan • Franklin • Lewis • Lone Mountain • Martha Sundquist • Natchez Trace • Pickett • Prentice Cooper • Scott • Standing Stone • Stewart
Honey Creek * Piney Falls • Laurel-Snow • North Chickamauga Creek Gorge • Stinging Fork Falls • Virgin Falls
Other OtherTennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (web) - Tennessee Department of Agriculture {web} Federal Natchez Trace Parkway • Natchez Trace National Scenic TrailBogue 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 • YazooGrand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve • Gulf Islands National SeashoreState 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) Categories:- Hiking trails in Alabama
- Hiking trails in Mississippi
- Hiking trails in Tennessee
- Long-distance trails in the United States
- Natchez Trace
- National Scenic Trails of the United States
- United States National Park Service areas in Alabama
- United States National Park Service areas in Mississippi
- United States National Park Service areas in Tennessee
- Protected areas of Claiborne County, Mississippi
- Protected areas of Lee County, Mississippi
- Protected areas of Madison County, Mississippi
- Protected areas of Williamson County, Tennessee
- Alabama geography stubs
- Southern United States protected area stubs
- Mississippi geography stubs
- Tennessee geography stubs
- United States trail stubs
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