Scenic Drives & Byways in Mississippi
Mississippi has 6 scenic drives and byways to explore — including 1 National Parkway and 5 State Scenic Byways. Pick any road below to see it on the map, or plan a Mississippi trip in the Road Sorties route planner with scenic-road routing turned on.
All scenic roads in Mississippi
Types of scenic byways in Mississippi
- National Parkway 1
- National Parkways are scenic roads managed by the National Park Service and protected as parkland along their length. They're built for an unhurried recreational drive, not for getting anywhere fast.
- State Scenic Byway 5
- State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Featured road trips in Mississippi
- Natchez Trace Parkway: Nashville to Natchez
444 miles of commercial-free national parkway through Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi — the Blue Ridge's southern sister.