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template: byway.jade
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."
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.nationalparks.org/discover-parks/index.cfm?fa=viewPark&pid=NATR"
    name: "National Park Foundation - Natchez Trace Parkway"
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/natr/"
    name: "NPS - Natchez Trace Parkway"
designations: 
  - "All-American Road"
  - 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.