Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway
Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway

Author: F. Lynne Bachleda

Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0897328434

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A unique journey through the heart of the Deep South, The Natchez Trace Parkway traverses 444 miles from Natchez, Mississippi, across the mighty Tennessee River in northwestern Alabama, to its northern terminus just shy of Nashville, Tennessee. For travelers planning a visit or already on the way, Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway will help them discover all that the historic byway has to offer. From milepost to milepost, discover an ancient trail blazed hundreds of years ago by Native Americans that, in the early nineteenth century, became a trekking road for river boaters, who had sold their goods and vessels and were now headed back to central Tennessee and beyond. Visitors can drive the entire length, sampling the hundreds of scenic areas, restaurants, inns, exhibits, recreation areas, and other sites along the way. Motorcyclists will want to cruise the entire length as well, but will especially savor the hundreds of miles of meandering road between Natchez and Tupelo. For an even more intimate experience, Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway shows where to hike on over 60 miles of National Scenic Trail, where to camp, and gives tips on bicycling the parkway's scenic length. Whether exploring a few miles or a few hundred miles, visitors will enjoy it most with the Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway.

Traveling the Natchez Trace
Traveling the Natchez Trace

Author: Lori Finley

Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780895871305

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A mile-by-mile guide that offers information about sites, lodging, and restaurants along the Natchez Trace

Moon Nashville to New Orleans Road Trip
Moon Nashville to New Orleans Road Trip

Author: Margaret Littman

Publisher: Moon Travel

Published: 2021-03-23

Total Pages: 606

ISBN-13: 1640499253

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Hop in the car and set off on an adventure along the Natchez Trace Parkway, from the country music capital to the birthplace of jazz. Inside Moon Nashville to New Orleans Road Trip you'll find: Maps and Driving Tools: Over 20 easy-to-use maps keep you oriented on and off the parkway, along with site-to-site mileage, driving times, and detailed directions for the entire route Get to Know the Music of the South: Catch up-and-coming musicians play at quaint cafes, and hit the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. Bask in the sounds of blues on Beale Street, and pay homage to "The King" at Graceland. Listen to a soulful live jazz group, or learn about the South's musical legacy on the Mississippi Blues Trail Savor Southern Food: Enjoy authentic hot chicken, get your barbecue fix in Memphis, and indulge in Creole cuisine and fresh beignets in New Orleans Itineraries for Every Traveler: Drive the entire two-week route or follow suggestions for spending time in and around Nashville, Memphis, and New Orleans. Take an introspective moment at influential Civil Rights Movement sites, hike past dramatic waterfalls, spend a peaceful morning fishing, or bike along the Mississippi River Local Expertise: Nashville local Margaret Littman shares her love for the Natchez Trace Planning Your Trip: Know when and where to get gas, how to avoid traffic, and tips for driving in different road and weather conditions, plus essential advice for biking the route and suggestions for LGBTQ+ travelers, families, seniors, and visitors with disabilities With Moon Nashville to New Orleans' practical tips, detailed itineraries, and insider's view, you're ready to fill up the tank and hit the road. Looking to explore more of America on wheels? Try Moon Blue Ridge Parkway Road Trip. For more quintessential South, check out Moon Tennessee or Moon Asheville & the Great Smoky Mountains. About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media.

My Itchy Travel Feet: Breathtaking Adventure Vacation Ideas
My Itchy Travel Feet: Breathtaking Adventure Vacation Ideas

Author: Donna Hull

Publisher: Hyperink Inc

Published: 2012-07-23

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1614644810

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At My Itchy Travel Feet, The Baby Boomer’s Guide to Travel, writer Donna Hull and photographer Alan Hull travel the world recording their boomer travel experiences with words, photos, and videos so that you’ll know exactly what to expect. Their goal? To get boomers off the couch and out into the world. In this Blog to Book, they’ve chosen some of their favorite journeys to share with you. Take a road trip in Northern Italy, drive the California Big Sur coast, or explore Arches, Canyonlands, Glacier, and Grand Tetons National Parks. You’ll find a chapter on small ship luxury cruising and a travel tips section with advice on road trips, cruising, travel photography, and multi-generational travel. So, pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and start reading about active travel for boomers. It’s guaranteed to make your travel feet itchy!

Wildflowers of the Natchez Trace
Wildflowers of the Natchez Trace

Author:

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published:

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781617035388

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This handbook for travelers and nature lovers selects and describes 100 of the most common wildflowers along the most scenic trail of the Deep South. 100 full-color plates. 23 line drawings. Map.

Building the Natchez Trace Parkway
Building the Natchez Trace Parkway

Author: Natchez Trace Parkway Association

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 073859153X

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This pictorial history of Natchez Trace illustrates the people, places, and events that have shaped the area's cultural and natural history. The Natchez Trace is one of the oldest trails in North America. In 1801, President Jefferson ordered the Army to build a road along the trail to provide a route for moving troops and delivering mail. Jefferson dispatched soldiers down the road in 1803 to protect the Louisiana Purchase, and Andrew Jackson and his troops followed it to battle the British in the War of 1812. As an 1800-era link between Nashville, Tennessee, and Natchez, Mississippi, the road served as a pathway for settling much of what we now know as the South. Twentieth-century writers such as Eudora Welty later embellished its lore of heroes, bandits, and spies, inspiring Southern leaders to revive the Natchez Trace.

A Way Through the Wilderness
A Way Through the Wilderness

Author: William C. Davis

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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This is a spirited history of the settlement of the Old Southwest, the area that today includes primarily Mississippi and Alabama.

Bicycling the Natchez Trace
Bicycling the Natchez Trace

Author: Glen Wanner

Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780963779830

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The Natchez Trace Parkway stretches 450 miles from the hills of Nashville, Tennessee to the rich farmlands of Natchez, Mississippi. Originally an Indian path, the Natchez Trace became the road that opened the forested wilderness of the Deep South to settlers, soldiers boatmen and outlaws. Administered by the National Park Service this modern-day Parkway entices cyclists from around the world.Plan your tour of the Natchez Trace and learn its fascinating history with this easy-to-use guide book. Also included are several day excursions and overnight tours which link the Parkway with peaceful rural roads leading to quaint towns, antebellum homes, and Civil War battlefields.Information on campgrounds, bed & breakfasts, motels, and food locationsTrip descriptions including area attractions, natural features and historic points of interestClimate, terrain, elevation and general conditionsDetailed left-right directions and maps for routes off the Parkway

Thousand-Miler
Thousand-Miler

Author: Melanie Radzicki McManus

Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society

Published: 2017-03-09

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0870207911

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In thirty-six thrilling days, Melanie Radzicki McManus hiked 1,100 miles around Wisconsin, landing her in the elite group of Ice Age Trail thru-hikers known as the Thousand-Milers. In prose that’s alternately harrowing and humorous, Thousand-Miler takes you with her through Wisconsin’s forests, prairies, wetlands, and farms, past the geologic wonders carved by long-ago glaciers, and into the neighborhood bars and gathering places of far-flung small towns. Follow along as she worries about wildlife encounters, wonders if her injured feet will ever recover, and searches for an elusive fellow hiker known as Papa Bear. Woven throughout her account are details of the history of the still-developing Ice Age Trail—one of just eleven National Scenic Trails—and helpful insight and strategies for undertaking a successful thru-hike. In addition to chronicling McManus’s hike, Thousand-Miler also includes the little-told story of the Ice Age Trail’s first-ever thru-hiker Jim Staudacher, an account of the record-breaking thru-run of ultrarunner Jason Dorgan, the experiences of a young combat veteran who embarked on her thru-hike as a way to ease back into civilian life, and other fascinating tales from the trail. Their collective experiences shed light on the motivations of thru-hikers and the different ways hikers accomplish this impressive feat, providing an entertaining and informative read for outdoors enthusiasts of all levels.

Blues Traveling
Blues Traveling

Author: Steve Cheseborough

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1604733284

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At a crossroads in the Mississippi Delta, Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the Devil so that he could become a guitar virtuoso and King of the Delta Blues. Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues will tell you where that legendary deal was supposed to have been made and guide you to all the other hallowed grounds that nourished Mississippi's signature music. Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, Jimmie Rodgers, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, Little Milton, Elvis Presley, Bobby Rush, Junior Kimbrough, R. L. Burnside-the list of great artists with Mississippi connections goes on and on. A trip through Mississippi blues sites is a pilgrimage every music lover ought to make at least once in a lifetime, to see the juke joints and churches, to visit the birthplaces and graves of blues greats, to walk down the dusty roads and over the levee, to eat some barbecue and greens, to sit on the bank of the Mississippi River, and to hear some down-home blues music. Blues Traveling is the first and only guidebook to Mississippi's musical places and blues history. With photographs, maps, easy-to-follow directions, and an informative, entertaining text, this book will lead you in and out of Clarksdale, Greenwood, Helena (Arkansas), Rolling Fork, Jackson, Natchez, Bentonia, Rosedale, Itta Bena, and dozens of other locales that generations of blues musicians have lived in, traveled through, and sung about. Stories, legends, and lyrics are woven into the text so that each backroad and barroom comes alive. Touring Mississippi with Blues Traveling is like having a knowledgeable and entertaining guide at your side. Even people with no immediate plans to visit Mississippi will enjoy reading the book for its photos, descriptions, and lore that will broaden their understanding and enhance their appreciation of the blues. Steve Cheseborough is an independent scholar and blues musician. His work has been published in Living Blues, Blues Access, Mississippi, and the Southern Register .