Natchez Trace National Scenic Horse Trail - Tupelo on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Natchez Trace National Scenic Horse Trail - Tupelo
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last updated: April 2023

Many sections of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail are open to horseback riding. While there are no concessions available on the Natchez Trace Parkway or Scenic Trail, visitors are able to bring horses to ride on the established horse trails. Horseback riding is prohibited on all other areas of the Parkway, including on the roadway itself.

Rules and Regulations

Trailers are permitted on the Parkway when used non-commercially to transport horses for recreational riding, and must be properly equipped with red taillights, red stoplights, and mechanical turn signals. Clearance lights are required on trailers over six feet high.

Trailers carrying over one ton must be properly equipped with brakes designed so as to be applied by the driver of a towing motor vehicle from its cab and so connected that in case of an accidental breakaway of the towed vehicle the brakes will be applied automatically.

All trailers must be connected to the towing vehicle by means of a safety chain or equivalent device and may not exceed a total length of 55 feet (including vehicle and trailer).

The loading and unloading of horses and pack animals is permitted only at designated horse trailheads, referred to as staging areas on Parkway maps.

All horses transported to or ridden on any park trail shall be accompanied by either the original or a copy of an official negative test for equine infectious anemia (EIA) (aka “Coggins test”) administered within the previous 12 months.

Only one rider per horse is permitted.

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