Attractions

Myrick Creek – Kosciusko, MS

Milepost 145.1 – Myrick Creek – Self-guiding trail. Take 10 minutes to learn about the beavers here.

Holly Hill – Kosciusko, MS

Milepost 154.3 – Holly Hill Picnic and restroom area.

Information Center – Kosciusko, MS

Milepost 160.0 – Information Center – Kosciusko chamber of commerce volunteers provide travel information for the parkway and local area.  

Hurricane Creek – Kosciusko, MS

Milepost 164.3 – Hurricane Creek – Self guiding trail. Allow 15 minutes to walk in area that identifies the plants found in different soil conditions.  

Cole Creek – French Camp, MS

Milepost 175.6 – Cole Creek – A short self-guiding trail through a water Tupelo/bald-cypress swamp.

Bethel Mission – French Camp, MS

Milepost 176.3 – Bethel Mission – One of the 13 Choctaw missions was one-half mile to the northwest. Picnic area.

French Camp – French Camp, MS

Milepost 180.7 – French Camp – Louis LeFleur established a stand here in 1812. It became a school in 1822 and remains one to this day. Sorghum is made here […]

Jeff Busby – Natchez Trace Parkway – MS

Milepost 193.1 – Jeff Busby – Picnic area, campground, gas station, store, phone, and restrooms. Self-guiding trail. Allow 20 minutes to walk through area that identifies native plants and describes […]

Old Trace – Natchez Trace Parkway – Milepost 198.6 – MS

Milepost 198.6 – Old Trace is a portion of the original roadway leads into the woods.

Ballard Creek – French Camp, MS

Milepost 201.3 – Picnic area.

Pigeon Roost – Natchez Trace Parkway – MS

Milepost 203.5 – Pigeon Roost – Folsom’s stand and trading post, operated by Nathaniel and David Folsom, stood near here. Millions of passenger pigeons, now extinct, roosted here.  

Line Creek – Natchez Trace Parkway – MS

Milepost 213.3 – Line Creek – Boundary between lands of the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes.

Old Trace – Natchez Trace Parkway – MS

Milepost 221.4 – Old Trace – This is part of the original trace crosses the parkway here.

Bynum Mounds – Natchez Trace Parkway – MS

Milepost 232.4 – Bynum Mounds – Prehistoric people built these mounds between 2,100 and 1,800 years ago. Exhibits describe their life.

Witch Dance – Natchez Trace Parkway – MS

Milepost 233.2 – Witch Dance – Picnic area, Horse trail access, bike only campground, restrooms.

Davis Lake – Natchez Trace Parkway – MS

Milepost 243.1 – Davis Lake – Access point to U.S. Forest Service picnicking and summer camping area.  

Hernando de Soto – Natchez Trace Parkway – MS

Milepost 243.3 – Hernando de Soto – Spanish explorer of the Mississippi spent the winter of 1540 – 1541 near here.

Monroe Mission – Natchez Trace Parkway – MS

Milepost 245.6 – Monroe Mission – Chickasaws learned various trades at the mission. Picnic area.