Natchez Trace Parkway: Natchez to Nashville with a travel trailer or RV
The Natchez Trace Parkway runs 506 miles from Natchez to Nashville. With an RV, you're looking at about 14 hours behind the wheel. Our map shows it sealed the whole way.
We planned it on Motocamp's own router for an RV and for a truck and travel trailer, at the sizes in the table below, so every number here comes from a real plan, not a guess.
The stops: Natchez · Jackson · Tupelo · Franklin · Nashville
Is the Natchez Trace Parkway OK for an RV?
Yes, on our plan. It gets through for an RV without using a road signed too low, too short or closed to trailers. Here's what to keep an eye on.
- No long climbs: the steepest stretch is about 5%.
- It keeps you off 18 nearby roads with a signed limit your rig wouldn't clear, like South Gallatin Street (10 ft 8 in high), Williamson Square (10 ft 6 in high) and 4th Avenue North (13 ft high).
The plan, rig by rig
| RV | Truck and travel trailer | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 506 miles | 506 miles |
| Driving time | about 14 hours | about 15 hours |
| Unsealed | none | none |
| Steeper than 8% | under a mile | under a mile |
| Total climb | 12,457 ft | 12,457 ft |
| Longest gap between fuel | not on our map | not on our map |
| Signed limits it goes round | 18 | 14 |
| Planned at | 13 ft 1 in high, 40 ft long and 26,455 lb | 11 ft 6 in high, 38 ft 1 in long and 11,464 lb |
Towns on the way
- Tupelo · mile 299
- Columbia · mile 462
- Spring Hill · mile 473
- Franklin · mile 486
- Nashville · mile 506
RV parks on the way
- Lee Estates RV Park · mile 7
- Sunset RV Park · mile 129
National park and other campgrounds
- Natchez State Park Campground · mile 12 · fees apply
- Rocky Springs Campground, Milepost 54.8 · mile 58
- Lefleur's Bluff State Park · mile 109 · fees apply
- Goshen Springs Campground · mile 129 · fees apply
- Natchez Trace NP - Tupelo Bicycle CG · mile 306
- Paden Picnic Shelter · mile 348
- Colbert Ferry Bicycle-only Campground milepost · mile 373
- Laurel Hill Lake - TWRA · mile 419
- Meriwether Lewis Campground, Milepost 385.9 · mile 433
Fuel stops
- Petro Stopping Centers · mile 102
- Pilot Travel Center · mile 102
- Love's Travel Stop · mile 250
Plan this trip for your own rig
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Tell Motocamp what you drive, from an enduro bike to a 40-foot RV, and it plans this trip for that vehicle: the roads it fits, the low bridges and closed roads to steer clear of, and places to stay on the way. The maps keep working where there's no signal.
Plan this trip for your own rig Already have Motocamp USA? Open it hereCamps, fuel and road limits come from OpenStreetMap and state agencies, and some can be missing or out of date. Distances are along our plan. Always go by the signs on the road.