Natchez Trace Parkway - Florence | Tuscumbia, Alabama

This 33 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway travels through the northwest corner of Alabama from milepost 341.8 at the Tennessee-Alabama state line to milepost 308.9 at the Alabama-Mississippi state line.

Traveling south to north you will encounter several sites that are part of the Natchez Trace Parkway and are overseen by the National Park Service:

• Bear Creek
  A large, shady picnic area with several picnic tables and grills sits next to Bear Creek.
• Freedom Hills Overlook
  A steep, 1/4 mile paved trail takes you to the overlook.
• Buzzard Roost Spring
  Named Buzzard Roost in 1801 by Levi Colbert, a renowned Chickasaw chief, the spring was a water source for his house which was also an inn for travelers on the Old Natchez Trace. A short trail takes you to Buzzard Roost spring.
  
• Colbert Ferry
  The park service provides a ranger station, restrooms, visitor center (in season), picnic area, boat launch and fishing at the site where George Colbert operated a ferry across the Tennessee River from 1800 to 1819.
• Lauderdale
  This picnic area is located across the Tennessee River from Colbert Ferry on the north shoreline.
• Rock Spring
  A 20 minute self-guided trail takes you along Colbert Creek.

For additional pictures, information and interactive maps of the Florence | Tuscumbia, Alabama section of the Trace please see NatchezTraceTravel.com.

Also, just off the Trace you will find:

• Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall
  Tom Hendrix has been building a stone wall for over 30 years in memory of his great-great-grandmother's journey. His great-great-grandmother Te-lah-nay was part of the Yuchi Indian tribe that lived near here along the Tennessee River in the 1800s.
• Tuscumbia, Alabama
  Tuscumbia, located 20 miles east of the Natchez Trace Parkway, is the birthplace and home of Helen Keller.

Bed and breakfast travelers will enjoy Riverside Cottage Bed and Breakfast located between Cherokee and Tuscumbia.

Next section north on the Trace: Waynesboro | Collinwood
Next section south on the Trace: Tishomingo | Belmont