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Not trying to play gottcha here, but as you are into history, as you say, it is important to note that the park service didn't really choose the route, the native peoples did as the current pavement it lies adjacent to (& sometimes upon as I recall), their old traveling & trading route. The park service took our money and bought up the right of way & police that strip. It is indeed a nice spring & fall ride.I rode the Natchez Trace several years ago from Jackson, MS to the end in TN. It was early spring and a cold front blew thru when we got to Jackson. Violent storms with tornadoes, followed by a 30 degree temp drop the next day. although the weather was not ideal, the trees and shrubs were beginning to bloom, and it was very scenic.
My riding buds are not into history like me, so I didn't get to stop as often as I would have liked. I plan to ride it again from end to end. I will go solo the next time so I can stop wherever the notion strikes me.
In places the road was very straight with few curves, and the low speed limit was sometimes difficult to obey.
The park service is to be commended for the route chosen because for the most part there is almost no intrusion of civilization on the parkway.
Not trying to play gottcha here, but as you are into history, as you say, it is important to note that the park service didn't really choose the route, the native peoples did as the current pavement it lies adjacent to (& sometimes upon as I recall), their old traveling & trading route. The park service took our money and bought up the right of way & police that strip. It is indeed a nice spring & fall ride.