Alt Text Map of Natchez Trace Parkway that stretches 450 miles from the northern terminus near Nashville, Tennessee to the southern terminus in Natchez, Mississippi. Around 200 trails, roads, rivers, and other sites are labeled across four states as the parkway slithers down the center of the map. Extended Description The Natchez Trace Parkway starts just below Nashville, which is represented in yellow at the top middle of the map. A dashed green line moving close to and across the parkway represents the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail. The trail begins in Nashville and the parkway just south of it. This description will begin at the start of the parkway and continue down the map by state, outlining the most prominent points along the way. It will then move on to the surrounding areas, including Trail of Tears, Tennessee Historic Parkway, and waterways, before concluding by transcribing the legend. Tennessee Between the north terminus and Meriwether Lewis are the following sites along or near the Natchez Trace Parkway: Birdsong Hollow; Timberland Park with accessible restrooms, picnic areas, and wheelchair-accessible self-guiding trail; a district office; Garrison Creek with picnic areas, accessible restrooms, Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, and a horse staging area; War of 1812 Memorial/Old Trace with picnic areas and the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail; Burns Branch with picnic areas and the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail; Tennessee Valley Divide with the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail; Water Valley Overlook with picnic areas; Shady Grove with picnic areas, hiking, horse, and bike trails; Gordon House Historic Site with restrooms, picnic areas, and hiking trails; Baker Bluff Overlook; Jackson Falls with picnic areas and hiking; Old Trace; Tobacco Farm/Old Trace Drive; Sheboss Place; Old Trace; Devil's Backbone State Natural Area with hiking; Fall Hollow with hiking; Swan View Overlook; and Phosphate Mine. Meriwether Lewis falls about halfway between the northern terminus and the border of Tennessee and Alabama. Meriwether Lewis has a National Park Service visitor center, wheelchair-accessible restrooms, picnic areas, wheelchair-accessible self-guiding trail, hiking trail, campgrounds, and a district office. A note in red text there reads, "see detail map.” The lower half of the trail, between Meriwether Lewis and the state line includes Metal Ford; Napier Mine; Jacks Branch with picnic areas and accessible restrooms; Old Trace Drive; Laurel Hill Lake with picnic areas; Exhibit Shelter; Dogwood Mudhole; Glenrock Branch with picnic areas and accessible restrooms; Sweetwater Branch with a self-guiding trail; Wayne County Welcome Center; McGlamery Stand; Sunken Trace; Holly with picnic areas; and Cypress Creek with picnic areas. The State Line falls just before mile 340 on the parkway. Alabama The section of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Alabama is by far its shortest segment, as it cuts across the northwest corner of that state. Sites there include Rock Spring with self-guiding trail and Water Route Overlook with picnic areas. The parkway crosses the Tennessee River near Colbert Ferry, which has picnic areas, accessible restrooms, and bike-only primitive campground. Between this and the Alabama-Mississippi line are Buzzard Roost Spring and a nearby gas station; Freedom Hills Overlook; and Bear Creek with picnic areas. Mississippi The leg of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi is more than twice the length of its Alabama and Tennessee segments combined. Bear Creek Mound is just over the state line, followed by Cave Spring; Tishomingo State Park with picnic areas, accessible restrooms, hiking trails, lodging, campgrounds, and a sanitary disposal station; Jourdan Creek with picnic areas; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Visitor Center with accessible restrooms; Tenn-Tom Waterway with picnic areas; Pharr Mounds Exhibit Shelter with accessible restrooms; Browns Bottom; Donivan Slough with self-guiding trail; Twentymile Bottom Overlook; Dogwood Valley, which has a self-guiding trail; and Old Trace and Confederate Gravesites. Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site is situated to the left of Dogwood Valley along State Route 370. Situated north of Interstate 22, the Parkway Visitor Center at Parkway Headquarters also has accessible restrooms, self-guiding trails, the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, bike-only primitive campgrounds, and a district office. The next area below Parkway Visitor Center consists of sites that include Old Town Overlook with the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail; Chickasaw Village Site with self-guiding trails and the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail; West Jackson Street with hiking and horse trails; and Tupelo National Battlefield within the city of Tupelo. Trace State Park is slightly off the parkway to the left and has accessible restrooms, horse staging area, lodging, campgrounds, and sanitary disposal station. Continuing on are Black Belt Overlook; Chickasaw Council House with picnic areas; and Tockshish. Four sites in Tombigbee National Forest, which flanks the parkway, includes Monroe Mission with picnic areas, Hernando de Soto, and Davis Lake with accessible restrooms, picnic areas, campgrounds, and sanitary disposal station. Next are Chickasaw Agency; Witch Dance with picnic areas, accessible restrooms, hiking trails, a horse staging area, and bike-only primitive campground; Bynum Mounds; Old Trace; Dancy with a district office; Line Creek; Pigeon Roost; Ballard Creek with picnic areas; and Old Trace. Parallel to another section of Tombigbee National Forest, Jeff Busby is between miles 200 and 190 and has picnic areas, accessible restrooms, and campgrounds near a note with red text reading “see detail map.” South of Jeff Busby are a gas station; French Camp; Bethel Mission with picnic areas; Cole Creek with a hiking trail; Hurricane Creek also with a hiking trail; Kosciusko Welcome Center with picnic areas, wheelchair-accessible restrooms, and bike-only primitive campgrounds; Kosciusko with a district office; Holly Hill with picnic areas and wheelchair-accessible restrooms; Myrick Creek with picnic areas and hiking trails, Robinson Road with picnic areas; Yockanookany with the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail; and Upper Choctaw Boundary with hiking trails and the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail. Next are River Bend with picnic areas and wheelchair-accessible restrooms, the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, and Cypress Swamp with hiking trails are clustered near the top edge of the Boss R. Barnett Reservoir. West Florida Boundary with the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, Boyd Site, Reservoir Overlook, Old Trace and Brashears Stand Site, and Mississippi Craft Center with access via Old Canton Road are all clustered near the southern end of the reservoir. In the city of Jackson are a district office, the Parkway Information Cabin with wheelchair-accessible restrooms, Ridgeland Welcome Center, the Chisha Foka Multi-Use Trail south terminus, Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, City of Clinton Visitor Center within the Clinton Historic District, and Cowles Mead Cemetery. Moving along southward: Battle of Raymond, Dean Stand Site has picnic areas, Lower Choctaw Boundary, and Rocky Springs has picnic areas, wheelchair-accessible restrooms, campgrounds, a self-guiding trail, hiking trails, and the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail with a note reading “see detail map.” Moving southward, are Grindstone Ford, Mangum Mound, and Sunken Trace just north of Port Gibson Historic District. Just off the trail near the Mississippi River to the left is Grand Gulf Military Monument with wheelchair-accessible restrooms, picnic areas, hiking trails, campgrounds, and a sanitary disposal station. Back on the parkway are Port Gibson with a district office; North Fork Coles Creek with picnic areas; Mud Island Creek with picnic areas; Bullen Creek with self-guiding trails; Coles Creek with picnic areas and wheelchair-accessible restrooms; Mount Locust Information Center and Historic house with a district office, and wheelchair-accessible restrooms; Loess Bluff, Turpin Creek with picnic areas, Emerald Mound, and Natchez State Park with wheelchair-accessible restrooms, lodging, campgrounds, and a sanitary disposal station. Moving southward are Old Trace Exhibit Shelter, Historic Jefferson College, Washington, and Elizabeth Female Academy Site. The parkway ends in Natchez, where there is the Natchez National Historical Park Visitor Center, William Johnson House, and Melrose. The Grand Village of the Natchez Indians State Historic Site is just outside of Natchez. Surrounding Areas Homochitto National Forest rises up parallel to the parkway to the east. Shiloh National Military Park and Pickwick Landing State Park in Tennessee, as well as J.P. Coleman State Park in Mississippi are west of Colbert Ferry along the Tennessee River. Joe Wheeler State Park in Alabama is northeast of Colbert Ferry along the Tennessee River. The Tanglefoot Trail is west of Tupelo. Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg is to the west and slightly north from Rocky Springs, Tombigbee National Forest is to the east of Jeff Busby, and Hugh White State Park is to the west of Jeff Busby. Routes of the Trail of Tears cut across Tennessee and Alabama. From the top of the map down, these include the Northern Route through Nashville; Benge Route farther south; Water Route along the Tennessee River; Bell Route along modern-day US Route 64; Drane Route along the Tennessee River close to Colbert Ferry; Water Route through Wilson Lake and the Tennessee River; and Deas-Whiteley Route south of the river along US Route 72 Alternate. A network of interstates, US routes, and state routes as well as rivers and creeks crisscross the map. Legend A legend in the top left corner has two columns of symbols for the following: National Park Service visitor center; Restroom; Wheelchair-accessible restroom; self-guiding trail; Wheelchair-accessible self-guiding trail; Picnic area; Hiking trail; Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail; Horse staging area; Lodging; Campground; Bike-only primitive campground; Sanitary disposal station; Gasoline within one mile of exit; and District office (visitor services unavailable). The legend continues as follows: Vibrant green line encased in black with a red number for Natchez Trace Parkway and milepost, A note reading, Minimum parkway bridge clearances are 14 feet, Vibrant green line with T-shaped buffers for No direct access to parkway, Dashed light green line for Historic route of the Trace, Gray line encased in green for Tennessee Scenic Parkway, and Brown dotted line for Historic route of the Trail of Tears. Text continues: The Trail of Tears Historic Trail commemorates the removal and survival experiences of the Cherokee people, forcibly taken from their homelands in the Southeast to Indian Territory (OK). The Trail of Tears, part of the US Indian Removal policy, caused the death of thousands. Today, the trail follows 5,000 miles of historic removal routes across nine states. A compass that follows shows North angled up to the left.