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Ballard Creek – French Camp, MS

Post author By Julieanne
Post date December 28, 2015

Milepost 201.3 – Picnic area.

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This historic, 444-mile scenic parkway links Natchez with Nashville & crosses some of the most beautiful terrain in Mississippi, Alabama & Tennessee.

"Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight

"Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality."

📷: @karriestanfill

You just can't beat the unbe-leaf-able views along

You just can't beat the unbe-leaf-able views along the Trace. Tag #TheNatchezTrace and let us show off some of the scenery you've taken in.

🎶 It’s gonna be a BRIGHT bright sunshinin’

🎶 It’s gonna be a BRIGHT bright sunshinin’ DAY 🎶 #TheNatchezTrace

📷: @tristaradventures

The colors are out! #TheNatchezTrace 🍁 📷: N

The colors are out! #TheNatchezTrace 🍁

📷: National Park Service

Does your Monday look like this? 📷: @lavanade

Does your Monday look like this?

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It is in the still silence of nature where one wil

It is in the still silence of nature where one will find true bliss. 🍁☀️

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Wanderlust. A desire to travel, to understand one’s very existence. Where are you going on this #WanderlustWednesday?

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Time to get back to your roots. 📷:@cwytheg

Time to get back to your roots.

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The most colorful season of all is here! #FallFoli

The most colorful season of all is here! #FallFoliage

Got our feet on the ground and our head in the clo

Got our feet on the ground and our head in the clouds. ⛅

📷: @clarissa_milano

When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, t

When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ‘tis near Halloween. #HappyHalloween 🎃🦇👻

📷: @visitfranklintn

Fall is in the air in @mytupelo! 🍁 #MyTupelo

Fall is in the air in @mytupelo! 🍁 #MyTupelo

Ridgeland was one of many cities we visited on our

Ridgeland was one of many cities we visited on our nine-day trip along the Natchez Trace Parkway section of Mississippi, and we loved the outdoor focus of this tree city, particularly during a time when we’re prioritizing being out instead of in.

While driving around the 33,000-acre Ross Barnett Reservoir, Scott spotted this wildlife viewing stand where we camped out for awhile and watched the birds. Then, we ventured even further into the abyss and drove through Pearl River State wildlife area only to see not one but FIVE gators. 🐊#repost @lunaticatlarge #visitridgeland #visitridgelandresponsibly #thenatcheztrace

444 miles. 357 days. 3 states. Countless communiti

444 miles. 357 days. 3 states. Countless communities explored. We finished The Natchez Trace!

We’ve been working with the Natchez Trace Compact for the last year to tell the stories of this legendary stretch of national park that runs from Middle Tennessee all the way down to the Mississippi-Louisiana border, and we just finally arrived at the Southern Terminus in Natchez, Mississippi last night! 🙌🏻

Who else has driven the NTP in full? #repost @lunaticatlarge

Livin the bike life in @visitridgelandms! 🚲 #Vi

Livin the bike life in @visitridgelandms! 🚲 #VisitRidgelandResponsibly

What's your favorite spot to stop along the Trace?

What's your favorite spot to stop along the Trace?

#repost @lunaticatlarge ・・・ There are sunset

#repost @lunaticatlarge
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There are sunsets and then there are SUNSETS. Natchez falls into the latter category. Third night here, third time seeing the sky ablaze. What a pretty time of year to visit this city, which is abiding by a mask mandate and social distancing and makes me wish everyone were taking it this seriously back home. 💛 #VisitMSResponsibly #VisitNatchezResponsibly

In every walk with nature, one receives far more t

In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.

📷: @katie_exploring

#repost @lunaticatlarge ・・・ We had such a wa

#repost @lunaticatlarge
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We had such a warm (masked) welcome in Clinton! The city communications director, Mayor Fisher, tourism director, and Main Street team were so kind to give up their 24 hours and make sure we learned everything there is to know about this 20,000-person town just 11 miles west of Jackson right on @thenatcheztrace, including a golf cart tour by the city historian (who was also the former mayor and a state politician). Some highlights:

-The town is anchored by Mississippi College (established 1826), which became the first university to give degrees to women in 1831.

-It was the home to the Clinton Riots of 1875, which ended Reconstruction in the area. There’s a historical marker where the massacre occurred and an interpretative area is underway.

-Clinton boasts a sweet Main Street district lined with brick streets and mixed-use buildings, and I can just tell a major revitalization is coming.

-There’s a slick free walking tour available on the city site that steers visitors to all the big points of interest in town.

-Golf carts are street legal!

-So are to-go cups in the downtown district. We grabbed cocktails and pizza from @thebankbypizzashack and had a picnic down at the park.

-There’s free WiFi in most of the parks, and all city parks will have it at the end of the year.

This is a town definitely worth a stop over as you travel down the Trace! 🚲

Create your own sunshine. ☀️☀️☀️ 📷

Create your own sunshine. ☀️☀️☀️

📷: @visittheshoalsal

Beautiful things don’t ask for attention. 🌳

Beautiful things don’t ask for attention. 🌳

📷: @n1ckcope

#repost @lunaticatlarge ・・・ Yesterday, we dr

#repost @lunaticatlarge
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Yesterday, we drove from Tennessee down the Natchez Trace Parkway to @frenchcamphistoricvillage, where we stayed for the night, and on today to @visitridgelandms, where we’re hanging out through the weekend. Want a place with space and hardly any people at all, minus some scattered cyclists? @thenatcheztrace is the fall trip for you!

It’s still pretty green down here in central Mississippi—and an absolutely perfect and crisp 70 degrees—but the leaves start to turn the more northern you go on the Trace. #NTPxCC

Looking for a pumpkin adventure right off the Trac

Looking for a pumpkin adventure right off the Trace? The @MyTupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo has everything you need. 🎃#MyTupelo

Sometimes there's no better place to be than under

Sometimes there's no better place to be than under the stars. ⭐⭐🌟🌟

📷: @ianrees_photo

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