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template: byway.jade
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."
contact: "**Natchez Trace Parkway**  \r\n 800-305-7417  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:NATR_interpretation@nps.gov )  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/byway/ms_natch.htm"
    name: "GORP - Natchez Trace Parkway"
  - url: "http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/mississippi/homochitto/"
    name: Homochitto National Forest
  - url: "http://www.nationalparks.org/discover-parks/index.cfm?fa=viewPark&pid=NATR"
    name: "National Park Foundation - Natchez Trace Parkway"
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/natt/"
    name: "NPS - Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail"
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/natr/"
    name: "NPS - Natchez Trace Parkway"
  - url: "http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/mississippi/tombigbee/"
    name: Tombigbee National Forest
designations: 
  - "All-American Road"
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - Parkway
states: 
  - MS
part of: 
  - "2285"
ll: 
  - -88.13079099999993
  - 34.64482099999992
bounds: 
  - - -91.361717
    - 31.549801000000002
  - - -88.13079099999993
    - 34.64482099999992

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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.