Fall Foliage on the Natchez Trace Parkway
Fall foliage on the Natchez Trace Parkway is typically at or near its fall color peak from mid October thru late November depending on which section you are visiting.
- For more information about each section, see our Where & When to See Natchez Trace Fall Colors for more accurate dates and dated pictures from years' past.
- Also, Day by Day photos taken in year's past:
The 2021 Natchez Trace Fall Foliage Photo Contest is here. The contest officially starts on October 15, 2021 and runs through the 25th of November.
10 photographs will be chosen as winners. Winning photographs will be placed on several types of merchandise: stickers, coffee mugs, water bottles, T-shirts and sweatshirts. Winning photographers will receive as prizes merchandise displaying their winning photo!
Tennessee Natchez Trace Fall Foliage opportunities
Columbia - Centerville area: Tobacco ready to harvest at the Tobacco Farm.
Leiper's Fork - Fly area: Horseback ride near milepost 418 on the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail.
Hohenwald - Summertown area: My husband hiking in traditional Lederhosen along the Old Trace Drive.
Leiper's Fork - Fly area: Fall foliage near milepost 420.
Leiper's Fork - Fly area: Cyclists gliding by Burns Branch on a beautiful fall day.
Nashville - Franklin area: Motorcycle near milepost 440.
Nashville - Franklin area: View of Double Arch Bridge from the valley below.
Waynesboro - Collinwood area: View from the Glenrock Branch parking area.
Waynesboro - Collinwood area: Sunlight shining thru the fall colors at Glenrock Branch.
Leiper's Fork - Fly area: Fall foliage near milepost 423.
Hohenwald - Summertown area: Fall foliage near milepost 375.
Columbia - Centerville area: Fall foliage at Baker Bluff Overlook.
Waynesboro - Collinwood area: Fall foliage at the Sweetwater Branch pullout.
Columbia - Centerville area: Fall foliage at Water Valley Overlook.
Nashville - Franklin area: View from the top of the Double Arch Bridge looking east into Birdsong Hollow.
Columbia - Centerville area: Looking north on the Natchez Trace Parkway at the Jackson Falls stop.
Hohenwald - Summertown area: It was a beautiful fall day at the Meriwether Lewis Death & Burial site.
Columbia - Centerville area: Jackson Falls on an early November fall day.
Nashville - Franklin area: Photo taken at a couple bends in the parkway near milepost 432.
Leiper's Fork - Fly area: Fall foliage at the War of 1812 Memorial.
Nashville - Franklin area: Photo taken of a curve near milepost 431.
Hohenwald - Summertown area: Fall foliage at Jacks Branch.
Waynesboro - Collinwood area: Fall foliage at milepost 363.
- Birdsong Hollow Overlook at the Double-Arch Bridge - milepost 438.0
- War of 1812 Memorial / Old Trace - milepost 426.3
- Water Valley Overlook - milepost 411.8
- Duck River Overpass - milepost 407.7
- Baker Bluff Overlook - milepost 405.1
- The overlook behind the Tobacco Barn and Old Trace Drive - milepost 401.4
- The observation deck at Fall Hollow Waterfall - milepost 391.9
- Meriwether Lewis Monument and Gravesite - milepost 385.9
- Buffalo River at Metal Ford - milepost 382.8
- Glenrock Branch picnic area - milepost 364.5
- Sweetwater Branch - milepost 363.0
- Cypress Creek - milepost 343.5
northwest Alabama and northeast Mississippi Natchez Trace Fall Foliage opportunities
northwest Alabama: Fall foliage on the parkway at the Rock Spring entrance.
northeast Mississippi - Tishomingo State Park
northeast Mississippi - Tishomingo State Park
northwest Alabama: Fall foliage and fog at Milepost 310.
northeast Mississippi: Fall foliage at milepost 280.
northwest Alabama: The highway 20 overpass.
northwest Alabama - Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall
northwest Alabama: Fall foliage at the beaver pond.
- Rock Spring - milepost 330.2
- Lauderdale/Tennessee River - milepost 328.7
- Colbert Ferry/Tennessee River - milepost 327.3
- Freedom Hills Overlook - milepost 317.0
- Bear Creek Mound - milepost 308.8
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway - milepost 293.2
- Twentymile Bottom Overlook - milepost 278.4
- Dogwood Valley - milepost 275.2
central Mississippi Natchez Trace Fall Foliage opportunities
French Camp area: Fall foliage at Jeff Busby Park.
Kosciusko area: Picture of the bridge at Kosciusko, MS going over the Natchez Trace Parkway.
Canton - Ridgeland - Jackson area: Fall foliage on the parkway near the West Florida Boundary site.
Canton - Ridgeland - Jackson area: Vibrant fall colors at Cypress Swamp.
Canton - Ridgeland - Jackson area: Fall foliage on the parkway looking north at milepost 113.
Kosciusko area: Fall Foliage at Myrick Creek.
Canton - Ridgeland - Jackson area: Fall foliage at River Bend.
Canton - Ridgeland - Jackson area: Fall foliage view of the wooden footbridge at Cypress Swamp.
French Camp area: Fall foliage at the Jeff Busby Park site.
Canton - Ridgeland - Jackson area: Fall foliage at River Bend.
- Jeff Busby Park - milepost 193.1
- French Camp Historic Village - milepost 180.7
- Cole Creek - milepost 175.6
- Myrick Creek - milepost 145.1
- River Bend - milepost 122.6
- Cypress Swamp - milepost 122.0
- Reservoir Overlook - milepost 105.6