---
id: "2250"
name: Natchez Trace Parkway - Tennessee
distance: "101"
duration: Take two hours to drive or four hours to experience the route.
description: The Natchez Trace in Tennessee tells of Natchez, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians following traditional ways of life, and of people building a new nation. Signs of those who came before are abundant along the route in the names of the streams and parks - a legacy for generations to come.
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attractions:
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/natr/index.htm
    name: Natchez Trace Parkway
  - url: https://www.nationalparks.org/explore/parks/natchez-trace-parkway
    name: National Park Foundation
designations:
  - All-American Road
  - National Parkway
states:
  - TN
part of:
  - "2285"
ll:
  - -86.975783
  - 36.034577
bounds:
  - - -87.82346299999995
    - 35.00518000000005
  - - -86.97450299999997
    - 36.034577

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The Natchez Trace in Tennessee tells of Natchez, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians following traditional ways of life, and of people building a new nation. Signs of those who came before are abundant along the route in the names of the streams and parks - a legacy for generations to come.