Great River Road - Mississippi
Great River Road - Mississippi is a State Scenic Byway in Mississippi. Within Mississippi it covers roughly 380 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Great River Road - Mississippi with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Mississippi leg of the Great River Road runs through the Delta, the flat, fertile cotton country that is the birthplace of the blues. It links Vicksburg, with its sprawling Civil War battlefield above the river, to Delta towns like Greenville and the blues landmarks around Clarksdale. The river, the levees, and the music heritage define the route.
- the Mississippi Delta
- birthplace of the blues
- Vicksburg battlefield
- cotton country
- Mississippi River levee
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
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.