Natchez National Cemetery 41 Cemetery Road 601.445.4981
Attractions
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Milepost 12.1 – Turpin Creek – Picnic Area
Milepost 12.4 – Loess Bluff – Deposits of topsoil (loess) were blown here during Ice Age.
Milepost 15.5 – Mount Locust – At this restored historic inn, one of the first stands in Mississippi, interpretive programs are given February through November. Restroom, exhibits and ranger station.
Milepost 17.5 – Coles Creek – Picnic area and restrooms.
Milepost 18.4 – Bullen Creek – A self-guiding trail leads through a mixed hardwood-pine forest. The walk takes 15 minutes.
Milepost 39.2 – Port Gibson Ranger Station.
Milepost 41.5 – Sunken Trace – Self-guiding trail. Allow five minutes to walk through a deeply eroded section of the original trace.
Milepost 45.7 – Grindstone Ford/Mangum Mound – Northbound travelers used to consider themselves in wild country once they crossed the ford on Bayou Pierre. Artifacts found here tell about the prehistoric people […]
Milepost 54.8 – Rocky Springs – A short trail from the upper parking area leads to the old townsite. Camping, picnicking, ranger station, restrooms, phone, and part of the old […]
Milepost 61.0 – Lower Choctaw Boundary – This line bounded, north and south, lands taken up by new settlers of the Mississippi country and lands of the Choctaw.
Milepost 73.5 – Dean Stand Site – Served travelers in the 1820s and 30s. Nearby is the site of Dillon’s Plantation, headquarters for U.S. generals Grant and Sherman during the […]
Milepost 78.3 – Battle of Raymond – This Civil War battle of the Vicksburg campaign in 1863 was fought nearby.
Milepost 88.1 – Cowles Mead Cemetery – Much of the Mississippi’s early history can be traced through the life of Cowles Mead, a stand owner along the Old Trace and […]
Milepost 93.1 – Osburn Stand – Noble Osburn opened a stand here in 1811. By the early 1820s, when the city of Jackson was founded, traffic shifted away from this […]
Milepost 100.7 – Choctaw Agency – From 1807 until after 1820 a brick structure here housed an agent who served as a liaison between the U.S. Government and the Choctaw […]
Milepost 102.4 – Parkway Information Cabin. Visitors can also exit the Parkway here to visit the Craft Center.
