National Park visits – Surprising statistics about last year’s visitors

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National Park visits – Surprising statistics about last year’s visitors

Read the full article from rvtravel.com. Pandemic points The total number of visits to national parks in 2020? Some 237 million national park visits. Yes, that is down, and a […]

Hazardous Tree Clean-up Continues After Winter Storm

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Hazardous Tree Clean-up Continues After Winter Storm

TUPELO, MS – Natchez Trace Parkway is asking motorists to watch out for work crews and hazards in the roadway as winter storm clean-up continues. Workers have cleared over 200 downed trees.  Last week’s ice storm weakened many […]

Natchez Trace Parkway Winter Travel Advisory

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Natchez Trace Parkway Winter Travel Advisory

Avoid traveling the Parkway from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN  TUPELO, MS – A travel advisory is in effect for the entire Natchez Trace Parkway.  Ice and snow are accumulating rapidly. Rangers are reporting hazardous conditions on the entire 444 […]

Additional Sections of Natchez Trace Parkway Close Due to Severe Weather

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Additional Sections of Natchez Trace Parkway Close Due to Severe Weather

Avoid traveling the Parkway from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN  TUPELO, MS – The Natchez Trace Parkway is closed from Mileposts 0 to 152, 355 to 370, and 429 to 442 due to severe weather and icy conditions. Additional closures are anticipated as the severe weather […]

Natchez Trace Parkway Closed from Milepost 429 – 442 Due to Adverse Weather

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Natchez Trace Parkway Closed from Milepost 429 – 442 Due to Adverse Weather

Icy conditions span the entire Parkway from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN  TUPELO, MS – Natchez Trace Parkway has issued a travel advisory from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN due to adverse […]

National Park Service implements mask requirement across all parks and federal buildings

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National Park Service implements mask requirement across all parks and federal buildings

Date: February 2, 2021Contact: NewsMedia@nps.gov WASHINGTON – To protect the health of those who live, work and visit our national parks and facilities, and in support of the President’s Executive Order […]

Prescribed Fires to be Conducted Along Natchez Trace Parkway

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Prescribed Fires to be Conducted Along Natchez Trace Parkway

TUPELO, MS – Natchez Trace Parkway will conduct several prescribed fires in Mississippi over the next two months.  As soon as Friday, January 29, fire crews will start burning areas that they have prepared over the winter months.  During prescribed fire operations, […]

Journeys of Discovery: Featuring The Natchez Trace

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Journeys of Discovery: Featuring The Natchez Trace

Journeys of Discovery: Exploring Amber Falls Winery in the heart of Tennessee’s Natchez TraceAmber Falls Winery and Cellars, situated close to the Natchez Trace Parkway, is just 17 minutes away from […]

The New York Times (1995): Following an 8,000-Year-Old Buffalo Trail

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The New York Times (1995): Following an 8,000-Year-Old Buffalo Trail

About the ArchiveThis is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally […]

10,000 miles of national park trails restored in 16 states. It took three years

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10,000 miles of national park trails restored in 16 states. It took three years

The National Park Foundation and Nature Valley completed a three-year project to restore 10,000 miles of trails within 19 national parks across 16 states, including the Natchez Trace Parkway. Read […]

Controlled Burning along Natchez Trace Parkway

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Controlled Burning along Natchez Trace Parkway

TUPELO, MS – Natchez Trace Parkway will conduct several small prescribed fires (controlled burns) in the Tupelo area during the month of December 2020.  All fires will be small scale and […]

Outside Magazine: 50 Family Adventures Across the U.S. for 2021

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Outside Magazine: 50 Family Adventures Across the U.S. for 2021

Take a look at Outside Magazine’s blog, “50 Family Adventures Across the U.S. for 2021” featuring the Natchez Trace Parkway.

Commercial Vehicles and the Natchez Trace Parkway

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Commercial Vehicles and the Natchez Trace Parkway

Release Date: Immediate  Contact: Prashant Lotwala, Chief Ranger, prashant_lotwala@nps.gov, 662-680-4013    TUPELO, MS – On November 18, 2020, early in the morning, law enforcement Park Ranger Tim McElwain was conducting traffic enforcement patrol […]

Storm Damage Cleanup to Begin at Cypress Swamp and River Bend

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Storm Damage Cleanup to Begin at Cypress Swamp and River Bend

RIDGELAND, MS– The Natchez Trace Parkway will begin storm damage cleanup in the vicinity of Milepost 114 – Milepost 124 this week. Construction crews will be removing storm damaged timber […]

Sections of Chisha Foka Multi-Use Trail to Close for Maintenance

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Sections of Chisha Foka Multi-Use Trail to Close for Maintenance

RIDGELAND, MS – Natchez Trace Parkway will close sections of the Chisha Foka Multi-Use Trail near Ridgeland, MS starting November 1, 2020. The work will take place along three sections […]

Natchez Trace Parkway is Increasing Access to Parkway Comfort Stations

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Natchez Trace Parkway is Increasing Access to Parkway Comfort Stations

TUPELO, MS – Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Natchez Trace Parkwayis increasing access to the Parkway Comfort […]

Some Natchez Trace Parkway Sites to Close Due to Hurricane Delta

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Some Natchez Trace Parkway Sites to Close Due to Hurricane Delta

TUPELO, MS – In anticipation of heavy rains and strong winds from Hurricane Delta, some sites along the Natchez Trace Parkway will close this weekend. Today, October 9, Rocky Springs […]

Natchez Trace Parkway Featured in “5 Best Road Trips in the US”

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Natchez Trace Parkway Featured in “5 Best Road Trips in the US”

Read the feature from GearJunkie here.