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id: "2150"
name: Natchez Trace Parkway - Mississippi
distance: "312"
duration: Take one to two days to drive the byway and visit places along the way.
description: Filled with sites sharing history with both the early Chickasaw inhabitants and the later Civil War, each mile along this historic route is well worth the drive. History and outdoor adventure await you along the Natchez Trace through the striking expanses of the Homochitto and Tombigbee National Forests in Mississippi.
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attractions:
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mississippi/recarea/?recid=28865
    name: Homochitto National Forest
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/natt/index.htm
    name: Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/natr/index.htm
    name: Natchez Trace Parkway
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mississippi/recarea/?recid=28859
    name: Tombigbee National Forest
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchez_Trace_Parkway
    name: Wikipedia
designations:
  - All-American Road
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - National Parkway
states:
  - MS
part of:
  - "2285"
ll:
  - -88.13079099999993
  - 34.64482099999992
bounds:
  - - -91.361717
    - 31.549801000000002
  - - -88.13079099999993
    - 34.64482099999992
books: "978-1426219054"

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Filled with sites sharing history with both the early Chickasaw inhabitants and the later Civil War, each mile along this historic route is well worth the drive. History and outdoor adventure await you along the Natchez Trace through the striking expanses of the Homochitto and Tombigbee National Forests in Mississippi.