Natchez Trace Parkway - Tennessee
Natchez Trace Parkway - Tennessee is a National Parkway in Tennessee. Within Tennessee it covers roughly 100 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Natchez Trace Parkway - Tennessee with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Natchez Trace Parkway is a National Park Service road that follows the route of the historic Old Natchez Trace for 444 miles from near Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi. The Tennessee section begins at a soaring concrete double-arch bridge near Franklin and rolls through wooded hills past trail remnants worn by generations of travelers. Like the Blue Ridge Parkway, it bans commercial traffic and is built for slow, scenic driving.
- Natchez Trace history
- double-arch bridge
- Old Trace trail remnants
- no commercial traffic
- 444-mile parkway
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What is a National Parkway?
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.