Volunteers Mark and Marge Hoecker recently completed a two-month tour serving as volunteer interpretive guides at the Mount Locust Historic House and Plantation.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Beavers: Making a Splash” a special Junior Ranger program held at the parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, August 6, 2016, at 10:00 am.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Beak Knows Best,” a special Junior Ranger program to be held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 10:00 am.

During June 2016, the Natchez Trace Parkway experienced an increase in the number of recreational visits over the 2015 figures,” stated Superintendent Mary Risser.

The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on July 23, 2016.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Who Made That?” a special Junior Ranger program held on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 10:00 am. Join a park ranger at the Parkway Visitor Center for this 45-minute program.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come and enjoy “Pitter Patter” as part of the Read with a Ranger program. The program starts at 10:00 am on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Parkway Visitor Center, milepost 266.

The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on June 25, 2016.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Fish Printing,” a special Junior Ranger program held on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 10:00 am.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come and enjoy “Brave Little Raccoon” as part of the Read with a Ranger program. The program starts 10:00 am on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at the Parkway Visitor Center.

Homeland Affairs Manager Brady Davis from the Chickasaw Nation and Brian Mast from the Black Belt Museum at the University of West Alabama, will present programs at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, May 28, 2016.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Boatmen of the Natchez Trace,” a special Junior Ranger program held on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 10:00 am.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come and enjoy a “Noisy Bird Sing-Along” as part of the Read with a Ranger program. The program starts at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the Parkway Visitor Center.

TUPELO, MS – A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5,785,813 visitors to Natchez Trace Parkway in 2015 spent $136 million in communities near the park, which supported 1,849 jobs in the local area. Because the Parkway extends through three states, the NPS has calculated that 80% of the spending is in Mississippi, 13% in Tennessee, and 7% in Alabama.

TUPELO, MS – A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 6,359,648 visitors to National Park Service units in 2015 spent $194 million in communities in Mississippi. That spending supported 2,795 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $205 million.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come and enjoy “Animal Masquerade,” a special Junior Ranger program held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 10:00 am.

RIDGELAND, MS: April 16 to 24, 2016 is National Park Week. In celebration of this event and the National Park Service Centennial, the Natchez Trace Parkway will host a Centennial Celebration at the Parkway Information Cabin on April 23 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Nature Bingo,” a special Junior Ranger program held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.