Natchez Trace Parkway · Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee

NA Mt. Locust Trail, MP 15.6

0.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 20 ft of climbing · 164 ft–182 ft · hiking

HistoryVisitor centers

179 ft 181 ft · 0.2 mi high 182 ft

Along the way Chamberlain-Ferguson Family Cemetary Mount Locust Inn Mount Locust Visitor Center

Trailhead Mt Locust Trail 161 ft Drive there

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.