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

Natchez Trace Parkway - Tishomingo | Belmont, Mississippi

This 28 mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway spans the area south of the Tishomingo | Belmont, Mississippi area from milepost 281 to the Mississippi-Alabama state line at milepost 309.

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:

• Donivan Slough
  Self-guiding trail through an area that floods quite frequently creating an environment for a large variety of plants.
• Pharr Mounds
  This is the largest and most important archaeological site in northern Mississippi. Eight large dome shaped burial mounds are scattered over an area of 90 acres.
• Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
  The Natchez Trace Parkway passes over the waterway less than a mile downstream from the US Army Corps of Engineers dam that creates Bay Springs Lake.
• Cave Spring
  Indians may have used this site as a source of water and safety. The water is now unsafe to drink and the cave is dangerous.
• Bear Creek Mound
  This ceremonial mound, located next to Bear Creek, was built over 600 years ago.

For additional pictures, information and interactive maps of the Tishomingo | Belmont, Mississippi section of the Trace please see NatchezTraceTravel.com.

Also, just off the Trace you will find:

• Bay Springs Lake
  Bay Springs Lake and Dam, part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, is only a few minutes off the Trace. The lake is very popular with fishermen and boaters.
• Tishomingo State Park
  Named after Chickasaw medicine name Tishomingo. The Trace travels through the center of the park.
• Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center
  For six months in 1862, Corinth, Mississippi, a critical railroad junction, captured the full attention of a divided nation. The visitor center interprets the key role of Corinth in the Civil War's Western Theater.
• Corinth, Mississippi
  Corinth is home to four museums, a National Park Service Civil War Interpretive, pristine Civil War earthworks, historic neighborhoods, churches and cemeteries, and much more. Shiloh National Military Park is 20 miles north of Corinth.

Bed and breakfast travelers will enjoy Belmont Hotel in Belmont and Generals' Quarters Inn Bed and Breakfast in Corinth.

Next section north on the Trace: Florence | Tuscumbia
Next section south on the Trace: Tupelo