National Scenic Trail

Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail NATT

National Scenic Trail (1983) · Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, United States

Published length: 105 km65 miabout 65 mi of foot trail built (of 450 mi planned)
Measured line: 117.9 km73.3 mi+12.3% against published
Line: In the datasetLicence: US public domain
Tier: National Scenic TrailA United States National Scenic Trail

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Main line
Alternates and connectors

Line: National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, read 2026-11-08, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway. Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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GPX is simplified to 5 m for devices. GeoJSON is the full-resolution line as published in this dataset. Neither carries elevation.

Main line117.9 km measured in 9 parts · National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway

Main line: GPX, 99 KB Main line: GeoJSON, 1.5 MB
Alternates and connectorsServed separately by the source

Alternates and connectors: GPX, 118 KB Alternates and connectors: GeoJSON, 120 KB

Credit the source

National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway

Licence: US public domain

release.txt: the source, licence and date the line files came from.

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: National Scenic Trail (1983)
Tier: National Scenic TrailA United States National Scenic Trail
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Inclusion: Listed unconditionallyEvery National Scenic Trail is listed
Where: MS AL TN (Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee), United States
Published length: 105 km65 miabout 65 mi of foot trail built (of 450 mi planned). A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: NATT
Record ID: natchez-traceStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-08

Measured: YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published: 105 km65 mi
Measured: 117.9 km73.3 migeodesic, from the line
Difference: +12.3%measured minus published
Parts: 9pieces left after joining ends within 100 m

Within 15% of the published length Beyond 15%: the record must say why

NST foot sections only: the NPS layer without its Natchez Trace Parkway (on-road) feature gives 117.9 km in 9 parts against about 105 km (65 mi) of foot trail built. The 715.0 km parkway road feature is in alternates.geojson and is not drawn as trail. The 65 mi figure is approximate; the NPS layer is the authoritative NST line. Kept as an NST (unconditional).

Source and licence

Line in this dataset: line.geojsonThe main line file of the record
Source status: FoundThe source was located but not downloaded
Publisher: National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway
Source: https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/NATT_TRANS_NSTTrail/FeatureServer/0Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source: National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway
Format: ArcGIS FeatureServer layer, 28 features
Main line: One layer of trail sections; no alternates.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Coordinates: EPSG:4326What the source stores; published files are longitude/latitude (EPSG:4326)
Licence: US public domain
Credit: National Park Service, Natchez Trace ParkwayThe credit line to show, as the source asks
May be passed on: YesThe source's terms allow its line to be passed on
OpenStreetMap only: No
Source checked: 2026-11-08
Newer release?: arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes. Last edited 2017-08-16, so stale.How to tell whether the source has a newer release

What the source says

United States federal government work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. 105. The National Park Service states: 'Data and content created by government employees within the scope of their employment are not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. 105.' (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2311077, read 2026-11-09).

With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 18963604
Note: OSM relation 18963604 and two section relations.

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to NPS Natchez Trace Parkway. It is not covered by this dataset’s licences, and no right to use it for any other purpose is given or implied.

Some logos are official emblems of United States National Scenic or Historic Trails. Those emblems are federal insignia; their use here is for identification only.

A holder who wants a logo removed, replaced or credited differently can ask; see Logos.

Status: Logo in useThe trail has a logo
Holder: NPS Natchez Trace Parkway
Taken from: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-03-28/pdf/00-7563.pdf
File: shield.png
Note: Official Natchez Trace NST emblem, from the Federal Register notice of 2000-03-28 (65 FR 16414) that prescribes it as the official trail marker. Black-and-white as published there. The generic NPS arrowhead previously here was removed. Federal insignia (18 U.S.C. 701).

Every field of the record, with its exact value

As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.

Field	Value
`id`	natchez-trace
`name`	Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
`short_name`	NATT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	MS
`regions[1]`	AL
`regions[2]`	TN
`length_km`	105
`length_note`	about 65 mi of foot trail built (of 450 mi planned)
`tier`	national
`designation`	National Scenic Trail (1983)
`wave`	1
`inclusion`	nst-unconditional
`source.status`	found
`source.publisher`	National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway
`source.url`	https://services1.arcgis.com/fBc8EJBxQRMcHlei/arcgis/rest/services/NATT_TRANS_NSTTrail/FeatureServer/0
`source.discovery`	arcgis-layer-edit-date: GET <layer>?f=json and read editingInfo.dataLastEditDate (and the feature count); fetch again when either changes. Last edited 2017-08-16, so stale.
`source.format`	ArcGIS FeatureServer layer, 28 features
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	us-gov-public-domain
`source.licence_text`	United States federal government work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. 105. The National Park Service states: 'Data and content created by government employees within the scope of their employment are not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. 105.' (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2311077, read 2026-11-09).
`source.attribution`	National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway
`source.osm_only`	false
`source.mainline`	One layer of trail sections; no alternates.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-08
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	18963604
`osm.note`	OSM relation 18963604 and two section relations.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-03-28/pdf/00-7563.pdf
`shield.contact`	NPS Natchez Trace Parkway
`shield.note`	Official Natchez Trace NST emblem, from the Federal Register notice of 2000-03-28 (65 FR 16414) that prescribes it as the official trail marker. Black-and-white as published there. The generic NPS arrowhead previously here was removed. Federal insignia (18 U.S.C. 701).
`shield.logo_file`	shield.png
`shield.logo_owner`	NPS Natchez Trace Parkway
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-08
`verification.measured_km`	117.9
`verification.difference_percent`	12.3
`verification.parts`	9
`verification.note`	NST foot sections only: the NPS layer without its Natchez Trace Parkway (on-road) feature gives 117.9 km in 9 parts against about 105 km (65 mi) of foot trail built. The 715.0 km parkway road feature is in alternates.geojson and is not drawn as trail. The 65 mi figure is approximate; the NPS layer is the authoritative NST line. Kept as an NST (unconditional).