The nearest draw to Waterloo: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 24 mi away
About 8M people a year visit Natchez Trace Parkway. All of it lies outside: 6 places within 40 miles, none inside Waterloo. Look for 4 museums, a parkway and a national military park. Make a day of it at Elvis Presley Birthplace, 57 mi away.
Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Plotted on the map
The map puts most of the 6 to the southeast.
Orange: Waterloo. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Each place in turn
Everything here is within 60 miles, 12 places in all.
1Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
3Elvis Presley Birthplace
Historic museum at the birthplace of Elvis Presley.
4Shiloh National Military Park
National military park in Tennessee and Mississippi, United States.
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8Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Battlefield in Mississippi, United States.
9Tupelo National Battlefield
Battlefield in Mississippi, United States.
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12Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Waterloo → · Waterloo’s history →
Photo credits
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: Dailynetworks, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Natchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · Elvis Presley Birthplace: Markuskun at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Shiloh National Military Park: Ernest Mettendorf, Public domain · Pinson Mounds: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site: Wilson44691, Public domain · Tupelo National Battlefield: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tupelo Automobile Museum: James Case from Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.A., CC BY 2.0 · Corinth Depot: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0
