Traveling the Trace

Zusammenfassung Only three national parks have more visitors each year than the Natchez Trace Parkway! a national park of great natural beauty and historical significance that follows a 450-mile course from Nashville! Tennessee! to Natchez! Mississippi. First used as a vital transportation link by Native Americans and later by "kaintucks" and frontiersmen! today the Trace is experienced by more than 13 million visitors a  year. Traveling the Trace explores the parkway and sights within 30 miles of either side of the Natchez Trace. In addition to the well-known stops! the authors visit side roads most tourists ignore or don't know exist. It is a guide to: 25 Civil War sites 73 antebellum homes 65 museums and art galleries 78 antique shops and malls 72 bed and breakfasts 56 campgrounds 175 restaurants 49 spots for water sports and a whole lot more "One of the ten most outstanding scenic byways in America." ? Scenic Byways Bulletin "Distances on the Natchez Trace are measured as much in places! people! and history as in miles." ? Southern Living

Product details

• Authors: Aldrige, Cathy Summerlin, Vernon Summerlin
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9781558533400
• ISBN: 978-1-55853-340-0
• Subjects: Travel > Travel guides > North and Central America; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Living / Inspirational, TOPICAL / Christian Interest, guide;travel;nonfiction;tour;mississippi;nashville