Roadsides and wetland edges turn first, and the woods behind them run a few days later.
No new reports from the ground here this week.
- 750–1,000 ftStill greenpeak Nov 1015%
- 500–750 ftStill greenpeak Nov 1022%
- 250–500 ftStill greenpeak Nov 1159%
Height off 3DEP inside the parkway’s own boundary; each band carries the date our model gives that elevation, corrections and all. The percentage is how much of the parkway stands in it.
That’s 5 days later than our model alone would say. This September has been running warm, which shifts peak color.
The place
The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444-mile recreational road and scenic drive through three states. It roughly follows the "Old Natchez Trace," a historic travel corridor used by American Indians, "Kaintucks," European settlers, slave traders, soldiers, and future presidents. Today, people can enjoy a scenic drive as well as hiking, biking, horseback riding, and camping along the Parkway.
Established 1938.
If you can only come on certain days
Set the days you can be here. Everything under them answers for those days, not for peak.
Tuesday 10 November to Wednesday 11 November
You’ll find it peak color.
That's the day our forecast puts peak color here.
- 750–1,000 ftPeak colorpeak Nov 10
- 500–750 ftPeak colorpeak Nov 10
- 250–500 ftPeak colorpeak Nov 11
- What turns
- white oak, red maple, northern red oak, blackgum, sweetgum
What turns, and when
- white oak22%
- red maple19%
- northern red oak16%
- blackgum10%
- sweetgum10%
- water oak10%
Also named across Mississippi, outside what the canopy read measures here: Hickory, Bald Cypress, Tulip Poplar.
Sweetgums provide the best color in Mississippi, turning vivid red and purple, while bald cypresses go copper along the rivers and hickories fade to gold in the uplands.
This forecast is built from the species that stand here, their elevation and this September’s weather, and corrected in season by cameras, foresters and our own crew. We score it here against 7 long-running forest cameras: two dates in three land within 13 days of the camera’s own peak. How this map is made