Complete Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, including things to do, history, nea ...

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The ride was for adventure back then, Williams, the Mississippi native, says. But the cycling trip he's on now, spanning the entire 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, is different.

The Natchez Trace Parkway is a problem spot in extreme weather and rangers said they struggle to make rescues in icy conditions. There are currently dozens of downed trees along the 444-mile parkway.

When visiting: The Natchez Trace Parkway map is an excellent starting point. Every place along the parkway can be referenced by milepost. The system starts in the south, at Natchez, being Milepost 0.

This 3-mile path near Natchez features impressive pieces of what’s known as the Sunken Trace — areas filled with soft, loess soil that was greatly compacted by decades of constant traffic.

The northern terminus of the Natchez Trace Parkway begins just west of Nashville and stretches 444 miles to Natchez, Miss., passing through Alabama, Tupelo and Jackson, Miss.

Adrian Finch encountered people who thought about jumping off the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge. The Williamson County sheriff’s deputy saw them sitting or standing on the bridge near the 32-inch ...

The Trace's two-lane road is quiet and empty. Several factors — maximum speed limit of 50 mph, ban on commercial traffic, limited access to urban centers — deter most motorists.

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NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY, Tenn. — I’d been waiting years for this moment--riding my bike through the rolling hills of Tennessee on a sunny autumn day, doing 32 mph on a downhill grade, grinning ...