Old Natchez Trace Sections

Choose Your Mode of Travel

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  Drive it!

  Old Trace Sections to Drive (no RVs)

  If you are not able to walk the trails, you can still experience the Old Trace while driving in a car, or riding a motorcycle.

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  Take a Hike, or a Walk

  Old Trace Sections for Walking

  You can take a short walk or a long hike on sections of the Old Trace.

 

Old Trace at Milepost 221.4 during the late Fall season

NPS Photo

Listing of Old Trace Sections

People have been using the Natchez Trace for thousands of years — from the prehistoric American Indians and Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez who called the area home to the boatmen who floated supplies down to ports in Natchez and New Orleans at the beginning of the 1800s. A road home, a path of exploration, and a link to the growing population of the Old Southwest, Natchez Trace allows travelers to explore and discover the history and culture of earlier generations.