Best Of My Natchez Trace Journey - From Natchez To Tishomingo State Park
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- My journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway started in Natchez, MS & ended well over 350 miles away in Tishomingo, MS over the course of four days. I made right at one hundred stops in those days on the first half of the Trace. This is the "best of" of those stops. In total, I drove a bit over 1,000 miles round trip. And I don't regret one bit of it.
The first half of my journey is actually the first 2/3rds of the Natchez Trace Parkway. I ended the journey around the 305 mile mark out of the total 444 miles. This was mainly due to time and road condition restrictions. I'll continue the rest of the journey this fall after the Parkway opens up in August of 2023 after the repairs are made. I'll start back at Tishomingo State Park and end up in Nashville, Tennessee. Then continue home from there, stopping along the way at any interesting things I come across.
I've been wanting to do this journey for a few years. I'd start in Natchez and stop at every nook & cranny along the way that I could that was relevant to the Trace. I would camp at the free campgrounds along the way as well as a State Park or two. I originally didn't plan on video documenting the trip, but later thought it'd be a good idea to share to you.
Once I completed my solo trip, I'd take my family on the same journey, except now I know which stops were worth seeing and which were not.
The Natchez Trace Trail was created and used by Native Americans for centuries. Later it was used by early European & American explorers, traders, & emigrants in the late 18th into the early 19th century. European Americans founded inns, also known as "stands", along the Trace to serve food and lodging to travelers. As travel shifted to steamboats on the Mississippi and other rivers, most of these stands closed.
Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible, and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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A thoroughly enjoyable tour of the highlights. Very well done.
I appreciate that!!
Take a look at my best of the Natchez part 2:
ruclips.net/video/uJHAw7NI-jU/видео.htmlsi=xHJzq5Lc-TgapSQk
Thanks for putting this together! Fun watch
Thank you! No problem at all! I enjoyed the trip and video documenting it all.
I also have a Best Of part2 from Tishomingo to Nashville if you're interested.
Thanks for sharing your journey, it brought back memories of traveling the trace with my motorcycle friends years ago.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I'd love to ride the Trace on a motorcycle or a classic car from the 50s...
Just got to buy one. Lol
This is great! I’m saving it so I can refer to it on our next trip. Thanks for posting.
Thank you!!
Take a look at part two here:
ruclips.net/video/uJHAw7NI-jU/видео.htmlsi=rayjgB-0EAMada6P
My Old Stomping Grounds !
I wish I would have explored the Trace more when I was in College in Raymond in the 90s. I guess I'm catching up for it now.
Enjoyed the highlights and the squach quote at the end. Thanks for the video brother!
Glad you enjoyed it. Working on another camping video as we speak
Still watching after @15:00 )) Enjoyed this .
I appreciate it!
I can't wait to finish the trip this fall!
the trace is a little known gem 450 miles of tranquillity NO SEMIS,no commercial traffic just enjoyment😛😛😛😛😛
After being on the Trace for 3 days, it was almost a shock to get on an interstate.
No semis? Really? I've caught hundreds over the past 30 years on the trace jumping from I-22 to Hwy 278 in tupelo, I call em in every time, back in 2014 one 18 wheeler was behind me from tupelo all the way to Jackson and no ranger got him, even when I called in numerous times, they finally pulled him over in ridgeland miss.
I saw none on the 5 days I was on The Trace. That doesn't mean they don't sneak on as I've seen pictures and news articles of them being on it. I wish the NPS would/could patrol it more to make sure they stay off it (more).
You should check out cave springs when you go back, its not far from Tishomingo state park and its right off the trace, hidden in a little patch of trees in a field. The cave is actually pretty damn impressive.. Ive got video of it.. And speaking of Tishomingo state park, I love that place.. I was just there yesterday, and Im going back tomorrow.. I just can't get over how big the hills and boulders are, especially for MS.. Whats funny is the fact that my mother is from Biggersville, so ive been coming up here to visit family my entire life, 33 years, and I never knew this park existed until a few months ago lol..
I visited Cave Springs when the Natchez Trace opened back up last October. I went from Natchez to Tishomingo (when part of the Trace was closed past that) in May. Then, I came back in October, camped again at Tishomingo, and continued north on the Trace to Nashville the next day. Cave Springs was the first stop I did. I got a video with it, along with all the other stops, from start to finish, on the Trace, including the camping.
I really want to get back to Tishamingo, it's my favorite MS State Park so far. I'm from the coast, so I really enjoyed all the rocks. The bad thing is, it's a solid 6hr trip up there. So I'd have to make it a 4 day trip to be able to enjoy all that's there.
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Nice 👌.. And ya, it is a pretty good little ride up here.. I'm suppose to be heading back home to Baton Rouge on Friday and im dreading it a bit lol..
@LouisianaCoullion1990 I was in Baton Rouge last weekend for a little bit. A few buddies and I went up and stayed at Tunica Hills Campground and hiked in the Clark Creek Natural Area. That was an enjoyable trip... Until we got soaked on Sunday morning packing up
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I believe my coworker mentioned that place a few times, but I've never been.. I guess im gonna have to check it out.. Do you have any footage of the area?
@LouisianaCoullion1990 The only thing I got was a bunch of shorts on the waterfalls and creeks. They're coming out over the next week or 3.
I was going to do a full video on it. But I was with 3 friends and didn't want to bother them with my videoing. I'm going to go back this fall or next spring and solo hike it.
Also, check out Tunica Hills Campground. It's 15mins away from Clark Creek. There are 14 tent pads (no power or water), 2 or 3 small cabins, and a shower house. Tent camping is $20 a day. We camped at sites 11 & 12. They are in their own area, so nobody bothered us there. To get to 12, you walk almost through 11 so it worked out well.
Loved your video. What’s the bast time to go out there?
Thank you!
From late April to mid-May, the weather is nice. The waterfalls typically flow more in the spring and in the summer after heavy rains north of them.
If there is a dry summer, they won't be flowing much then and in the fall.
If you go from the last week in October to first week in November you will see the fall leaves changing in the northern part and the weather is nice.
Great video… Very interesting and I enjoyed your commentaries on everything. I’m just curious as to why you did not mention French Camp? Maybe not enough time to do it all? Still, I really enjoyed it!
Thanks, I appreciate that!
I wanted to stop there and explore, but I was running out of time and a possible storm. I did stop there, but didn’t get to go into the area more. I showed a little bit of it in the full-length video.
Now that I look back at it, I wish I would have stopped there as I had time to spare when I got to the campground.
OK… Thanks for your prompt reply! I was just curious. 😊
It really has a nice little bed-and-breakfast situation there. I’ve stayed there before.
What's your next hiking venture going to be?
Editing a video now of a camping trip I did at a Civil War Battlefield. Supposedly it was one of, if not the last battle of the Civil War. It went on after the Surrender of Appomattox. It was do far south, it took a while for word to get there that the War had ended.
May not be too many after that as it's getting pretty hot out.
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U should come to tupelo, I'll show u some areas of the 1864 battle that is not accessible
Can people hike/backpack from Natchez to Nashville without spending time on the pavement?
I'm going to say not 100% of the way. But probably a good bit of it.
@@OutdoorsWithShawn I enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing it
@randyman38901 many thanks!
I also have a best of video from the 2nd half of the trip if you're interested. As well as daily vlogs of it that go a bit more in detail on the stops.
There are some trails but the Road is a simple two way with 50 mph speed limits and very little traffic. You can walk on the pavement until a car comes because it is neatly cut.