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Thursday October 28, 2021 - Saturday November 13, 2021
The Tennessee section of the Natchez Trace Parkway (between the northern terminus near Nashville and Franklin at milepost 442 and the Tennessee / Alabama state line at milepost 341.8) is typically at or near peak fall foliage colors from October 28 thru November 13. Dates are based on our experience of the past 12 fall seasons AND what we are seeing so far this year.
This is a self guided event. The event is free.
Hohenwald - Summertown area: Fall foliage near milepost 375.
Leiper's Fork - Fly area: Fall foliage at the War of 1812 Memorial.
Columbia - Centerville area: Fall foliage at Baker Bluff Overlook.
Hohenwald - Summertown area: It was a beautiful fall day at the Meriwether Lewis Death & Burial site.
Waynesboro - Collinwood area: Fall foliage at the Sweetwater Branch pullout.
Nashville - Franklin area: View of Double Arch Bridge from the valley below.
Nashville - Franklin area: Photo taken of a curve near milepost 431.
Columbia - Centerville area: Tobacco ready to harvest at the Tobacco Farm.
Leiper's Fork - Fly area: Cyclists gliding by Burns Branch on a beautiful fall day.
Waynesboro - Collinwood area: View from the Glenrock Branch parking area.
Columbia - Centerville area: Looking north on the Natchez Trace Parkway at the Jackson Falls stop.
Nashville - Franklin area: View from the top of the Double Arch Bridge looking east into Birdsong Hollow.
Waynesboro - Collinwood area: Fall foliage at milepost 363.
Hohenwald - Summertown area: Fall foliage at Jacks Branch.
Columbia - Centerville area: Jackson Falls on an early November fall day.
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.
Columbia - Centerville area: Fall foliage at Water Valley Overlook.
Waynesboro - Collinwood area: Sunlight shining thru the fall colors at Glenrock Branch.
Leiper's Fork - Fly area: Fall foliage near milepost 423.
Nashville - Franklin area: Photo taken at a couple bends in the parkway near milepost 432.
Leiper's Fork - Fly area: Fall foliage near milepost 420.
Nashville - Franklin area: Motorcycle near milepost 440.
To view more fall foliage pictures (with date and location) from previous years along the parkway, go to our Where & When to See Fall Colors on the Natchez Trace Parkway.
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