Natchez Trace Parkway #3 - 3 Day Trip

*Total Cost $96 for 2 adults, 2 teens, 1 child and 2 nights camp**packed food plus gas*

Natchez Trace Parkway - Mile Post 180 to Mile Post 330.2

This trip is planned from Jackson, TN.  It can be revised to fit your location.

For this trip it is imperative that you get yourself a Natchez Trace Parkway brochure/map.

One you learn how to navigate it, this is a really helpful site: Natchez Trace Travel

Day One:

7am - Leave Jackson, TN

9:30am to 10:30am - Rock Spring - MP 330.2
Nature Trail: 20 min walk one way

11:00am to 11:30am - WC Handy Birthplace Museum - 620 West College St, Florence, AL
Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 10am to 4pm
Admission: Adults $2, Kids $0.50

11:35am to 12pm - Indian Mound and Museum - 1028 South Court St, Florence, AL
Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 10am to 4pm
Admission: Adults $2, Kids $0.50

12:15pm to 1:45pm - Helen Keller Birthplace - 300 North Commons St W, Tuscumbia, AL
Hours: Monday thru Saturday 8:30am to 4pm
Admission: Adults $6, Kids $2

1:50pm to 3pm - Spring Park - Spring Park Rd, Tuscumbia, AL
Have lunch and watch the Cold Water Falls

3:25pm to 4:15pm - Buzzard Roost Spring - MP 320.3
Short Trail

4:30pm to 5pm - Cave Spring - MP 308.4

5:20pm - Tishmingo State Park -105 State Park Road, Tishmingo, MS
Camping: $13-$18

Day 2:

8:00am - Leave Camp

8:30am to 9am - Tenn-Tom Waterway - MP 293.2
VC - 82 Bay Springs Resource Rd

9:10am to 9:20am - Pharr Mounds - MP 286.7

9:25am to 10:00am - Donivan Slough - MP 283.3
Trail: 20 minute one way

10:10am to 10:40am - Dogwood Valley - MP 275.2
Trail: 15 minute one way

11:00am to 11:20am - Brices Crossroads Visitor Center - 607 Grisham St, Baldwyn, MS
Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 9am to 5pm
Admission: Small fee

11:30am to 12pm - Brices Crossroads National Historic Site - Hwy 370/Bethany Road, Baldwyn, MS

12:30pm to 12:45pm - Confederate Graves - MP 269.4

12:55pm to 1:30pm - Natchez Trace Pkwy Visitor Center - 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, MS
Hours: 8am to 5pm

1:45pm to 2:15pm - Tupelo National Battlefield - Monument Dr & Hwy 6, Tupelo, MS

2:50pm to 3:15pm - Tupelo Hardware - 114 W Main St, Tupelo, MS
Hours: Monday thru Friday 7am to 5:30pm, Saturday 7am to 12pm
See Elvis' first guitar

3:45pm - Tombigbee State Park - 264 Cabin Drive, Tupelo, MS
Camping: $20

Day 3:

8:00am - Leave Camp

8:45am to 9:00am- Owl Creek Mounds - MP 243

Tombigbee National Forest

9:20am to 9:40am - Witch Dance - MP 233.2

9:40am to 10:15am - Byrum Mounds - MP 232.4
6 mounds and interactive exhibits

11:30.am to 2:30pm - French Camp - MP 180.7
Gift Shop and Museum Hours: Monday thru Saturday 9am to 4pm
Cafe Hours: 10:30am to 7:00pm
Info Station and Huffman Log Cabin

8:30pm - Jackson, TN