Camping in Mississippi

The Natchez Trace Parkway runs 444 miles from Natchez to Nashville with no billboards, no trucks and a speed limit that makes you slow down. It follows an old path used for centuries, and Natchez State Park near the southern end is a good place to start.

Vicksburg, on the bluffs above the Mississippi, has the Civil War battlefield and a couple of RV parks near the river. In the north, Enid Lake near Pope and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway near Columbus have Corps campgrounds on the water. Tunica's casinos run their own RV parks if you want hookups and a buffet. About 20 of the state's listings are agency campgrounds.