{"id":1449,"date":"2021-07-30T15:15:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2021-08-04T17:34:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T22:34:36","slug":"natchez-trace-national-scenic-trail-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/natchez-trace-national-scenic-trail-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/natchez-trace-trail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-15151\" src=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/natchez-trace-logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"The Natchez Trace NST triangular sign features the silhouette of a man on horseback in a forest in dark green against a yellow background.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/natchez-trace-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/natchez-trace-logo-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/natchez-trace-logo-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Established:<\/strong> March 28, 1983<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Managing Nonprofit: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/natcheztrace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natchez Trace Parkway Association<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Managing Agency: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/natt\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Park Service<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15153\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pink-Natchez-Trace-Map.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15153\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15153 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pink-Natchez-Trace-Map-300x271.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Natchez Trace Parkway route in pink.\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pink-Natchez-Trace-Map-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pink-Natchez-Trace-Map-1024x926.png 1024w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pink-Natchez-Trace-Map-768x694.png 768w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pink-Natchez-Trace-Map-640x578.png 640w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pink-Natchez-Trace-Map-150x136.png 150w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Pink-Natchez-Trace-Map.png 1477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-15153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of the Natchez Trace Parkway is a modified screenshot from the PNTS Interactive National Trails System Map.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A long-used footpath that likely began as a series of game trails made by animals, the roughly 500-mile long Natchez Trace was eventually adopted by Native populations and, later, by European explorers. The Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (NTNST) follows these original routes through hardwood forests, swamps, wetlands, rock outcroppings, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Southwestern Terminus:<\/strong> Natchez, Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Northwestern Terminus:<\/strong> Southwest of Nashville, Tennessee<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail includes a series of 5 hiking sections totaling about 65 miles which run parallel to the 444-mile-long Natchez Trace Parkway. The NTNST touches three states: <a href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/tag\/mississippi\/\">Mississippi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/tag\/alabama\/\">Alabama<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/tag\/tennessee\/\">Tennessee<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"button large right\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"button large right\">\n<div class=\"button-container medium right \"><a target=\"new\" class=\"button green\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/natt\/index.htm\">Learn More-NPS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"button-container medium right \"><a target=\"new\" class=\"button green\" href=\"http:\/\/natcheztrace.org\">Learn More-NTPA<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Established: March 28, 1983 Managing Nonprofit: Natchez Trace Parkway Association Managing Agency: National Park Service &nbsp; A long-used footpath that likely began as a series of game trails made by animals, the roughly 500-mile long Natchez Trace was eventually adopted by Native populations and,&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button right\"><a class=\"button more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/natchez-trace-national-scenic-trail-2\/\">more &raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[70,40,64],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1449"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15228,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449\/revisions\/15228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}