Historic site just up ahead on the Natchez Trace Parkway

Unlike the scenic beauty of America’s most famous parkway, the Blue Ridge Parkway, most of the stops along the Natchez Trace Parkway are history oriented. Some feature historic ruins, buildings, cemeteries, and Indian mounds to actually explore, while others simply mark the spot where an event took place or a building once stood, and an information panel now tells the story.

The following is a list of all stops of historical interest. An * indicates a historical attraction where there is something to actually see, whereas all others offer only information panels, most of which you can read from your car. Mileage location along the Natchez Trace Parkway is given in parenthesis. Mileage is counted from south to north, so the lower the number, the farther south the stop is located.

1. *Elizabeth Female Academy (5.1)
2. *Emerald Mound (10.3)
3. *Mount Locust (15.5)
4. *Mangum Indian Mound (45.7)
5. *Rocky Springs (54.8)
6. Lower Choctaw Boundary (61)
7. Deans Stand (73.5)
8. Battle of Raymond (78.3)
9. *Cowles Mead Cemetery (88.1)
10. Osburn Stand (93.1)
11. Choctaw Agency (100.7)
12. *Boyd Indian Mounds (106.9)
13. West Florida Boundary (107.9)
14. Upper Choctaw Boundary (128.4)
15. Robinson Road (135.5)
16. Red Dog Road (140)
17. Bethel Mission (176.3)
18. French Camp (180.7)
19. Pigeon Roost (203.5)
20. Line Creek (213.5)
21. *Bynum Indian Mounds (232.4)
22. Chickasaw Agency (241.4)
23. Hernando DeSoto (243.3)
24. Monroe Mission Station (245.6)
25. Tockshish (249.5)
26. Chickasaw Council House (251.1)
27. *Chickasaw Village Site (261.8)
28. Old Town Creek (263.9)
29. *Old Trace and Confederate Graves (269.4)
30. *Pharr Indian Mounds (286.7)
31. *Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (293.2)
32. *Cave Spring (308.4)
33. *Bear Creek Indian Mound (308.8)
34. *Buzzard Roost Spring (320.3)
35. *Colbert Stand and Ferry Site (327.3)
36. *Water Route Overlook (328)
37. Tennessee-Alabama State Line (341.8)
38. McGlamery Stand (352.9)
39. Napier Mine (381.8)
40. *Metal Ford (382.8)
41. *Meriwether Lewis Grave Site (385.9)
42. *Phosphate Mine Trail (390.7)
43. Sheboss Stand (400.2)
44. *Tobacco Farm and Old Trace Drive (401.4)
45. *Gordon House Historic Site (407.7)
46. Tennessee Valley Divide (423.9)
47. *War of 1812 Memorial and Old Trace Segment (426.3)

Back to the Top