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{{short description|State park in Tennessee, United States}} | {{short description|State park in Tennessee, United States}} | ||
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== Park activities == | == Park activities == | ||
[[File:Cub Lake, Tennessee.JPG|250px|thumb|Cub Lake, October 2015.]] | [[File:Cub Lake, Tennessee.JPG|250px|thumb|Cub Lake, October 2015.]] | ||
Cub Lake ({{convert|58|acre|m2}}) offers swimming, [[ | Cub Lake ({{convert|58|acre|m2}}) offers swimming, [[johnboat]]s and [[Pedalo|paddle boats]]. Boats are rented between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Cub Lake offers a free public swim beach. | ||
The large recreational lake, Pin Oak Lake at {{convert|690|acre|km2}}, features two boat ramps. Water skiing in the park is allowed on this lake only. Other activities are fishing, picnicking, swimming, R.V. camping and more. Over-night guests are not required to have a permit. The Pin Oak Lodge offers a swimming pool for inn and cabin guests. | The large recreational lake, Pin Oak Lake at {{convert|690|acre|km2}}, features two boat ramps. Water skiing in the park is allowed on this lake only. Other activities are fishing, picnicking, swimming, R.V. camping and more. Over-night guests are not required to have a permit. The Pin Oak Lodge offers a swimming pool for inn and cabin guests. | ||
Browns Lake, {{convert|167|acre|km2}}, and Maples Lake, {{convert|90|acre|m2}}, each have a single boat ramp. | Browns Lake, {{convert|167|acre|km2}}, and Maples Lake, {{convert|90|acre|m2}}, each have a single boat ramp. Johnboats, life jackets and paddles are made available on a first-come, first-served basis, and permits are available at both sites. | ||
Natchez Trace Park has {{convert|250|mi|km}} of riding trails in the south end of the park. | Natchez Trace Park has {{convert|250|mi|km}} of riding trails in the south end of the park. | ||
Latest revision as of 04:39, 1 October 2025
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History
Background
Natchez Trace State Park gets its name from the Natchez Trace, a Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee woodland highway that was an important wilderness road for the American frontiersmen during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It had been in use as a trade path by the American Indians, however, for hundreds of years before that.[1] A western spur of the trace ran through part of the modern-day park.[2]
The park
The Script error: No such module "convert". park was built during the New Deal on land bought from residents who could no longer farm the land due to erosion.[2] Along with many acres of woodlands, the land included four lakes. A swimming beach and a 47-room resort inn and restaurant complex were built. Today, the park includes cabins, a group lodge, camping areas, picnicking sites, playgrounds, a ball-field, a regulation pistol firing range, hiking trails, a wrangler camp, Script error: No such module "convert". of horse riding trails, a park store, and an archery range.
Park activities
Cub Lake (Script error: No such module "convert".) offers swimming, johnboats and paddle boats. Boats are rented between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Cub Lake offers a free public swim beach.
The large recreational lake, Pin Oak Lake at Script error: No such module "convert"., features two boat ramps. Water skiing in the park is allowed on this lake only. Other activities are fishing, picnicking, swimming, R.V. camping and more. Over-night guests are not required to have a permit. The Pin Oak Lodge offers a swimming pool for inn and cabin guests.
Browns Lake, Script error: No such module "convert"., and Maples Lake, Script error: No such module "convert"., each have a single boat ramp. Johnboats, life jackets and paddles are made available on a first-come, first-served basis, and permits are available at both sites.
Natchez Trace Park has Script error: No such module "convert". of riding trails in the south end of the park.
Location
Natchez Trace is located in Carroll, Henderson, and Benton counties, near the unincorporated community of Wildersville. Interstate 40 bisects the park, which is roughly equidistant from Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee.
References
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- ↑ The Natchez Trace; Tennessee Yesterday website; accessed April 2014.
- ↑ a b The Natchez Trace; Tennessee State Official Website; "Environment – Parks;" accessed April 2014.
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External links
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