Natchez Trace Parkway
The Mississippi segment of the Natchez Trace Parkway covers roughly three-fourths of the 444-mile Natchez Trace, which encompasses portions of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. Native Americans, Kaintuck boatmen, indians, post riders, soldiers and fortune seekers all travelled across this trail, charting new territory and creating a vital link between the Mississippi Territory and the United States. The Mississippi section of the byway includes a number of sites associated with mound-building cultures, the Chickasaw, and the Civil War. Points of interest include Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, Chickasaw Council House and Chickasaw Village, Emerald Mound, and Grand Village of the Natchez State Historic Site. Homochitto and Tombigbee national forests offer opportunities for outdoor recreation.Start and Endpoint: The 312-mile Mississippi section of the byway runs north from Natchez to just past Bear Creek Mound at the Alabama state line. From there, it continues north through Alabama and Tennesse, ending just south of Nashville. The byway was designated an "All-American" Road in 1996.
For further information, contact: Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center
Great River Road - Lower Mississippi
The 2,069-mile Great River Road borders the Mississippi River through the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The Mississippi section of the byway skirts the Mississippi River in the extreme southwest corner of the state, covering historically important terrain, including more than a thousand years of history from Native American civilizations to remnants of the Antebellum South to Civil War battlefields and ruins. Areas of interest include: Vicksburg National Military Park, Rosemont Plantation (childhood home of Jefferson Davis), the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Historic Jefferson College, Natchez National Historical Park, Clark Creek Natural Area, and the Coca-Cola Museum.Start and Endpoint: Byway runs along US 61 from the Issaquena County line south through Woodville to the Louisiana state line.
For further information, contact: Vicksburg Convention & Visitors Bureau
