Destinations · Mississippi
MS · 32.3528, -90.8778
Lower Mississippi Historic Scenic Byway, Great River Road and Natchez Trace Parkway are 3 of 7 signed byways within 30 miles of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Understand
The area which is now Vicksburg used to be part of the Natchez Native Americans' territory. The first Europeans who settled the area were French colonists, who built Fort-Saint-Pierre in 1719 on the high bluffs overlooking the Yazoo River at present-day Redwood. In 1790 the Spanish founded a military outpost on the site, which they called Fort Nogales (nogales meaning "walnut trees"). When the Americans took possession in 1798, they changed the name to Walnut Hills.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Vicksburg. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · starts in town
Runs through National Forests in Mississippi.
National Scenic Byway · 13 mi out
National Scenic Byway · 19 mi out
State scenic byway · 16 mi out
State scenic byway · 16 mi out
Runs through National Forests in Mississippi.
State scenic byway · 18 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 8 h window · 117 mi
7 h 59 loop · 11 stops · back by 11:58 PM. Incorporates Lower Mississippi Historic Scenic Byway.
Touches Lower Mississippi Historic Scenic Byway, Natchez Trace Parkway, Grand Gulf - Raymond Scenic Byway
Byway's engine bakes one loop from Vicksburg: 8 h, 117 miles, 11 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Texas Memorial, Memorial Arch, Minnesota Memorial, Battery De Golyer, Bailey Hill, Woodmen Of The World, W. J. Davis, Eudora Welty House, Pocahontas Mound, USS Cairo and Fort Hill. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.