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| NTP Milepost |
Miles From Previous | Total Miles | Feature | Date | Daily Miles | Day of week | Nate/Trout | John Brenner | |||||
| 444.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Northern terminus of Natchez Trace Parkway | 15-Apr | 0.0 | Saturday | |||||||
| 439.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | TN Hwy 96, double arch bridge | 15-Apr | 5.0 | Saturday | |||||||
| 429.5 | 9.5 | 14.5 | Ranger's station; TN Hwy 46 (turnoff to Leiper's Fork, ~ 1 mile to left | 15-Apr | 14.5 | Saturday | |||||||
| 427.5 | 2.0 | 16.5 | Garrison Creek (toilets, picnic table) | 15-Apr | 16.5 | Saturday | |||||||
| 426.5 | 1.0 | 17.5 | Old Trace (picnic table) | 15-Apr | 17.5 | Saturday | |||||||
| 425.1 | 1.4 | 18.9 | Burns Branch (picnic table) | 15-Apr | 18.9 | Saturday | |||||||
| 416.0 | 9.1 | 28.0 | TN Hwy 7 (Turnoff to Fly, TN: ~ 0.25 mi to left, food? @ country store) | 15-Apr | 28.0 | Saturday | |||||||
| 411.0 | 5.0 | 33.0 | Water Valley Overlook (picnic table) | 15-Apr | 33.0 | Saturday | |||||||
| 409.0 | 2.0 | 35.0 | Biker-only campsite @ Shady Grove / TN Hwy 50 | 15-Apr | 35.0 | Saturday | |||||||
| 408.5 | 0.5 | 35.5 | Gordon House Historic Site (Toilets) | 15-Apr | 35.5 | Saturday | |||||||
| 406.0 | 2.5 | 38.0 | Baker Bluff Overlook | 15-Apr | 38.0 | Saturday | |||||||
| 405.1 | 0.9 | 38.9 | Jackson Falls (toilets, picnic table) | 15-Apr | 38.9 | Saturday | |||||||
| 404.0 | 1.1 | 40.0 | Old Trace | 15-Apr | 40.0 | Saturday | |||||||
| 401.0 | 3.0 | 43.0 | Tobacco Farm / Old Trace Drive | 15-Apr | 43.0 | Saturday | |||||||
| 400.3 | 0.8 | 43.8 | Sheboss Place | 15-Apr | 43.8 | Saturday | |||||||
| 399.0 | 1.3 | 45.0 | Old Trace | 15-Apr | 45.0 | Saturday | |||||||
| 394.5 | 4.5 | 49.5 | Devil's Backbone State Natural Area | 15-Apr | 49.5 | Saturday | |||||||
| 393.5 | 1.0 | 50.5 | Swan View Overlook; Fall Hollow | 15-Apr | 50.5 | Saturday | Day 1 overnite | ||||||
| 393.3 | 0.3 | 50.8 | US Hwy 412 - Food in Hohenwald (5 mi W on US 412) | 15-Apr | 50.8 | Saturday | |||||||
| 385.9 | 7.4 | 58.1 | Meriwether Lewis NPS Campground (32 sites; restrooms, picnic tables) - End of Day 1 | 15-Apr | 58.1 | Saturday | |||||||
| 384.0 | 1.9 | 60.0 | Metal Ford | 16-Apr | 1.9 | Sunday | |||||||
| 383.5 | 0.5 | 60.5 | Napier Mine | 16-Apr | 2.4 | Sunday | |||||||
| 378.0 | 5.5 | 66.0 | Jack's Branch (toilets, picnic table) | 16-Apr | 7.9 | Sunday | |||||||
| 372.0 | 6.0 | 72.0 | Laurel Hill Lake (picnic table) | 16-Apr | 13.9 | Sunday | |||||||
| 370.0 | 2.0 | 74.0 | US Hwy 64 / TN Hwy 15; Exhibit shelter - Food @ Janie's Truck Stop (4 mi E on US Hwy 64) | 16-Apr | 15.9 | Sunday | |||||||
| 368.0 | 2.0 | 76.0 | Dogwood Mudhole | 16-Apr | 17.9 | Sunday | |||||||
| 365.5 | 2.5 | 78.5 | Upper Glenrock | 16-Apr | 20.4 | Sunday | |||||||
| 364.5 | 1.0 | 79.5 | Glenrock Branch (toilets, picnic table) | 16-Apr | 21.4 | Sunday | |||||||
| 362.5 | 2.0 | 81.5 | Sweetwater Branch | 16-Apr | 23.4 | Sunday | |||||||
| 350.5 | 12.0 | 93.5 | TN Hwy 13 - Groceries on Collinwood | 16-Apr | 35.4 | Sunday | Day 2 lunch @ "Chad's" | ||||||
| 346.0 | 4.5 | 98.0 | Holly (picnic table) | 16-Apr | 39.9 | Sunday | |||||||
| 344.5 | 1.5 | 99.5 | Cypress Creek (picnic table) | 16-Apr | 41.4 | Sunday | |||||||
| 341.0 | 3.5 | 103.0 | TN / AL State Line | 16-Apr | 44.9 | Sunday | |||||||
| 336.0 | 5.0 | 108.0 | AL Hwy 20 - Food @ Pee Wee's II Restaurant (1 mi SE on AL Hwy 20) | 16-Apr | 49.9 | Sunday | |||||||
| 332.0 | 4.0 | 112.0 | County Hwy 14 - Food @ Gravelly Springs Restaurant (0.5 mi W on County Hwy 14) | 16-Apr | 53.9 | Sunday | |||||||
| 330.5 | 1.5 | 113.5 | Rock Spring | 16-Apr | 55.4 | Sunday | |||||||
| 329.5 | 1.0 | 114.5 | Lauderdale (picnic table); Tennessee River | 16-Apr | 56.4 | Sunday | |||||||
| 327.5 | 2.0 | 116.5 | Colbert Ferry, AL
(Biker-only campsite) - End of Day 2 Cherokee, AL is about 7 - 8 miles away down County Hwy 21- see below |
16-Apr | 58.4 | Sunday | Day 2 overnite | ||||||
| 326.0 | 1.5 | 118.0 | County Hwy 21 (Cherokee AL ~ 5 miles down to left) | 17-Apr | 1.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 320.1 | 5.9 | 123.9 | Buzzard Roost Spring; US Hwy 72; AL Hwy 2 (Food @ The Wooden Nickel, Cherokee, AL ~ 1.5 miles east) | 17-Apr | 7.4 | Monday | |||||||
| 317.0 | 3.1 | 127.0 | Freedom Hills Overlook | 17-Apr | 10.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 313.0 | 4.0 | 131.0 | Bear Creek (picnic table) | 17-Apr | 14.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 309.9 | 3.1 | 134.1 | AL / MS State Line | 17-Apr | 17.6 | Monday | |||||||
| 309.8 | 0.1 | 134.2 | Bear Creek Mound | 17-Apr | 17.7 | Monday | |||||||
| 309.7 | 0.1 | 134.3 | Cave Spring | 17-Apr | 17.8 | Monday | |||||||
| 305.0 | 4.7 | 139.0 | Tishomingo State Park (Campsites, picnic tables, lodge) | 17-Apr | 22.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 302.5 | 2.5 | 141.5 | MS Hwy 25 - (Food @ Country Boy's Steak & Fish, 0.1 mi N on MS Hwy 25; other opportunities in Tisomingo, ~ 2.5 mi further north on MS 25) | 17-Apr | 25.0 | Monday | Day 3 lunch in Tishomingo | ||||||
| 297.5 | 5.0 | 146.5 | MS Hwy 4 (turnoff to USCOE campsite @ Bay Springs Lake, ~ 3 miles. Return to pkwy. On County Road 1, ~ 1.5 miles, pick up NTP @ milepost 293.5) | 17-Apr | 30.0 | Monday | |||||||
| 293.5 | 4.0 | 150.5 | MS Hwy 4; Tenn-Tom Waterway (picnic table) | 17-Apr | 34.0 | Monday | |||||||
| 287.0 | 6.5 | 157.0 | Pharr Mounds Exhibit Shelter (toilets) | 17-Apr | 40.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 286.0 | 1.0 | 158.0 | Brown's Bottom | 17-Apr | 41.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 284.0 | 2.0 | 160.0 | Donivan Slough | 17-Apr | 43.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 281.0 | 3.0 | 163.0 | MS Hwy 371, 370 (Food @ Nita's Kitchen in Marietta ~ 3.5 miles to right on MS 371) | 17-Apr | 46.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 278.5 | 2.5 | 165.5 | Twentymile Bottom Overlook | 17-Apr | 49.0 | Monday | |||||||
| 275.0 | 3.5 | 169.0 | Dogwood Valley | 17-Apr | 52.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 271.0 | 4.0 | 173.0 | MS Hwy 363; (Little or no food in Saltillo, 1 mile W) | 17-Apr | 56.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 269.0 | 2.0 | 175.0 | Old Confederate gravesites and Old Trace | 17-Apr | 58.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 268.0 | 1.0 | 176.0 | US Hwy 45 overpass | 17-Apr | 59.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 267.0 | 1.0 | 177.0 | Tupelo Visitors Center: NTP Headquarters; Biker-only campsite; toilets - End of Day 3 (group). Food in town. This is probably the better access point to Tupelo, MS via MS Hwy 145. Tupelo National Battlefield is in town | 17-Apr | 60.5 | Monday | Day 3 overnite @ Tishomingo motel | ||||||
| 263.0 | 4.0 | 181.0 | Old Town Overlook | 17-Apr | 64.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 262.5 | 0.5 | 181.5 | US Hwy 78 | 17-Apr | 65.0 | Monday | |||||||
| 262.0 | 0.5 | 182.0 | Chickasaw Village | 17-Apr | 65.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 260.0 | 2.0 | 184.0 | MS Hwy 6 (can be used to access NTP from town); Trace State Park is about 7.5 miles further down MS 6, then right on MS Hwy 61 / Black Zion Rd on right) | 17-Apr | 67.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 253.0 | 7.0 | 191.0 | Black Belt Overlook | 17-Apr | 74.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 252.0 | 1.0 | 192.0 | Chickasaw Council House (picnic table) | 17-Apr | 75.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 250.0 | 2.0 | 194.0 | Tockshish | 17-Apr | 77.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 247.5 | 2.5 | 196.5 | MS Hwy 41; enter Tombigbee NF (Food / groceries in Troy, ~ 1,5 mi NW on MS Hwy 41. Avoid backtrack by exiting NTP on Shannon Road, 2 mi prior to MS Hwy 41.) | 17-Apr | 80.0 | Monday | |||||||
| 245.5 | 2.0 | 198.5 | Monroe Mission (picnic table; inside Tombigbee NF) | 17-Apr | 82.0 | Monday | |||||||
| 243.5 | 2.0 | 200.5 | Hernando de Soto | 17-Apr | 84.0 | Monday | |||||||
| 243.0 | 0.5 | 201.0 | County Road 413 (Davis Lake campground 3.5 miles) - End of Day 3 | 17-Apr | 84.5 | Monday | |||||||
| 242.0 | 1.0 | 202.0 | Chickasaw Agency | 18-Apr | 1.0 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 233.0 | 9.0 | 211.0 | Witch Dance (biker-only campsite, picnic table, toilets); exit Tombigbee NF (alternative N + K end-of-day) | 18-Apr | 10.0 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 232.5 | 0.5 | 211.5 | Bynum Mounds | 18-Apr | 10.5 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 230.0 | 2.5 | 214.0 | MS Hwy 8 (Food 3.5 mi NW on MS Hwy 8 in Houston, MS - can also get there on Aberdeen Street - NTP MP 231 +/1) | 18-Apr | 13.0 | Tuesday | Day 4 overnite in Houston, 4 miles off NTP | ||||||
| 226.5 | 3.5 | 217.5 | MS Hwy 389 | 18-Apr | 16.5 | Tuesday | Return to NTP via MS 389 starting Day 5 | ||||||
| 222.0 | 4.5 | 222.0 | Midpoint of the Natchez trace Parkway (probably unmarked) | 18-Apr | 21.0 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 219.0 | 3.0 | 225.0 | MS Hwy 46 | 18-Apr | 24.0 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 213.0 | 6.0 | 231.0 | Dancy - ranger station;MS Hwy 15 | 18-Apr | 30.0 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 212.5 | 0.5 | 231.5 | Line Creek | 18-Apr | 30.5 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 204.0 | 8.5 | 240.0 | US Hwy 82 (Food in Eupora ~ 7 mi W on US Hwy 82) | 18-Apr | 39.0 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 203.0 | 1.0 | 241.0 | Pigeon Roost | 18-Apr | 40.0 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 200.5 | 2.5 | 243.5 | Ballard Creek (picnic table) | 18-Apr | 42.5 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 198.5 | 2.0 | 245.5 | Old Trace | 18-Apr | 44.5 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 196.0 | 2.5 | 248.0 | MS Hwy 9 | 18-Apr | 47.0 | Tuesday | |||||||
| 193.1 | 2.9 | 250.9 | Jeff Busby NPS Campground (18 campsites; restrooms; picnic tables) End of Day 4 | 18-Apr | 49.9 | Tuesday | Day 5 lunch @ market S of c/g | ||||||
| 181.0 | 12.1 | 263.0 | MS Hwy 180 (French Camp 0.5 mi to left) | 19-Apr | 12.1 | Wednesday | 12.1 | ||||||
| 180.0 | 1.0 | 264.0 | French Camp | 19-Apr | 13.1 | Wednesday | 13.1 | ||||||
| 176.5 | 3.5 | 267.5 | Bethel Mission (picnic table) | 19-Apr | 16.6 | Wednesday | 16.6 | ||||||
| 175.5 | 1.0 | 268.5 | Cole Creek | 19-Apr | 17.6 | Wednesday | 17.6 | ||||||
| 167.0 | 8.5 | 277.0 | MS Hwy 12 | 19-Apr | 26.1 | Wednesday | 26.1 | ||||||
| 165.0 | 2.0 | 279.0 | Hurricane Creek | 19-Apr | 28.1 | Wednesday | 28.1 | ||||||
| 160.0 | 5.0 | 284.0 | Kosciusko Information Center, Chamber of Commerce (town is ~ 1 mile to right on MS Hwy 35) | 19-Apr | 33.1 | Wednesday | 33.1 | ||||||
| 159.0 | 1.0 | 285.0 | Kosciusko (Biker-only campsite, ranger station) - End of Day 4 (Food in town) | 19-Apr | 34.1 | Wednesday | 34.1 | Day 5 overnite | |||||
| 155.0 | 4.0 | 289.0 | Holly Hill | 19-Apr | 38.1 | Wednesday | 38.1 | (Motor transfer to Jackson due to mechanical difficulties) | |||||
| 146.5 | 8.5 | 297.5 | MS Hwy 429 | 19-Apr | 46.6 | Wednesday | 46.6 | ||||||
| 145.0 | 1.5 | 299.0 | Myrick Creek (picnic table) | 19-Apr | 48.1 | Wednesday | 48.1 | ||||||
| 140.0 | 5.0 | 304.0 | Red Dog Road | 19-Apr | 53.1 | Wednesday | 53.1 | ||||||
| 136.0 | 4.0 | 308.0 | Robinson Road (picnic table) | 19-Apr | 57.1 | Wednesday | 57.1 | ||||||
| 135.0 | 1.0 | 309.0 | MS Hwy 16 | 19-Apr | 58.1 | Wednesday | 58.1 | ||||||
| 127.0 | 8.0 | 317.0 | Upper Choctaw Boundary | 19-Apr | 66.1 | Wednesday | 66.1 | ||||||
| 123.5 | 3.5 | 320.5 | Turnoff to Ratliff Ferry ( ~ 1.5 miles; picnic table, toilets, campsites) - End of Day 5 | 19-Apr | 69.6 | Wednesday | 69.6 | ||||||
| 122.0 | 1.5 | 322.0 | River Bend (picnic table, toilets) | 20-Apr | 1.5 | Thursday | 1.5 | ||||||
| 121.5 | 0.5 | 322.5 | Cypress Swamp | 20-Apr | 2.0 | Thursday | 2 | ||||||
| 114.5 | 7.0 | 329.5 | MS Hwy 481 | 20-Apr | 9.0 | Thursday | 9 | ||||||
| 108.0 | 6.5 | 336.0 | West Florida Boundary | 20-Apr | 15.5 | Thursday | 15.5 | ||||||
| 106.5 | 1.5 | 337.5 | Boyd Site | 20-Apr | 17.0 | Thursday | 17 | ||||||
| 105.1 | 1.4 | 338.9 | Reservoir Overlook (outskirts of Jackson, MS) | 20-Apr | 18.4 | Thursday | 18.4 | ||||||
| 102.5 | 2.6 | 341.5 | Ridgeland (ranger station); Mississippi Crafts Center (info, toilets); US Hwy 51 - End of Day 5 (Food in Jackson, MS and Madison, MS) | 20-Apr | 21.0 | Thursday | 21 | Day 6 starting point | |||||
| 101.0 | 1.5 | 343.0 | Interstate 55 | 20-Apr | 22.5 | Thursday | 22.5 | ||||||
| 87.0 | 14.0 | 357.0 | Interstate 20 | 20-Apr | 36.5 | Thursday | 36.5 | ||||||
| 78.0 | 9.0 | 366.0 | MS Hwy 467 (Food in Raymond, 3 mi SE on MS Hwy 467) | 20-Apr | 45.5 | Thursday | 45.5 | ||||||
| 77.5 | 0.5 | 366.5 | Battle of Raymond | 20-Apr | 46.0 | Thursday | 46 | ||||||
| 73.0 | 4.5 | 371.0 | Dean's Stand (picnic table) | 20-Apr | 50.5 | Thursday | 50.5 | ||||||
| 66.5 | 6.5 | 377.5 | MS Hwy 27 (Food 5 mi SE on MS Hwy 27 in Utica, MS) | 20-Apr | 57.0 | Thursday | 57 | ||||||
| 62.0 | 4.5 | 382.0 | Lower Choctaw Boundary | 20-Apr | 61.5 | Thursday | 61.5 | ||||||
| 59.0 | 3.0 | 385.0 | MS Hwy 462 (?) | 20-Apr | 64.5 | Thursday | 64.5 | ||||||
| 54.8 | 4.2 | 389.2 | Rocky Springs NPS Campground (22 campsites; picnic tables; toilets) - End of Day 6 | 20-Apr | 68.7 | Thursday | 68.7 | Day 6 overnite | |||||
| 52.0 | 2.8 | 392.0 | Owens Creek Waterfall (picnic table) | 21-Apr | 2.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 46.0 | 6.0 | 398.0 | Grindstone Ford; Mangum Mound | 21-Apr | 8.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 42.0 | 4.0 | 402.0 | MS Hwy 18 (Port Gibson historic district ~ 1 mile to right) | 21-Apr | 12.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 39.0 | 3.0 | 405.0 | Port Gibson ranger station | 21-Apr | 15.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 37.5 | 1.5 | 406.5 | MS Hwy 547 (Food 1 mi W on MS Hwy 547 in Port Gibson, MS) | 21-Apr | 17.3 | Friday | |||||||
| 36.0 | 1.5 | 408.0 | US Hwy 61 | 21-Apr | 18.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 30.0 | 6.0 | 414.0 | MS Hwy 552 | 21-Apr | 24.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 23.0 | 7.0 | 421.0 | North Fork Coles Creek (picnic table) | 21-Apr | 31.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 22.0 | 1.0 | 422.0 | Mud Island Creek (picnic table) | 21-Apr | 32.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 20.5 | 1.5 | 423.5 | MS Hwy 553 - Natchez SP 2 mi S on MS Hwy 553 | 21-Apr | 34.3 | Friday | |||||||
| 18.5 | 2.0 | 425.5 | Bullen Creek | 21-Apr | 36.3 | Friday | |||||||
| 17.0 | 1.5 | 427.0 | Coles Creek (picnic table, toilets) | 21-Apr | 37.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 15.5 | 1.5 | 428.5 | Mount Locust Historic Site (picnic table, toilets) | 21-Apr | 39.3 | Friday | |||||||
| 12.5 | 3.0 | 431.5 | Loess Bluff | 21-Apr | 42.3 | Friday | |||||||
| 12.0 | 0.5 | 432.0 | Turpin Creek | 21-Apr | 42.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 10.5 | 1.5 | 433.5 | Natchez State Park (camping, lodge) | 21-Apr | 44.3 | Friday | |||||||
| 8.0 | 2.5 | 436.0 | (Former) southern terminus of Natchez Trace Parkway | 21-Apr | 46.8 | Friday | |||||||
| 0.0 | 8.0 | 444.0 | Natchez, MS- DONE! Travel back to Nashville (along the NTP?) after getting food and possible overnite stay? | 21-Apr | 54.8 | Friday | Day 7 overnite | ||||||