Worth the trip from Mathiston: Davis Wade Stadium, 20 mi off
Each year, some 8M people go to Natchez Trace Parkway. Nothing is mapped inside Mathiston, but 3 places to visit are within 40 miles. The commonest are a stadium & arena, a parkway and a planetarium. Elvis Presley Birthplace is worth a day, 56 mi from the centre.
Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Around Mathiston, mapped
Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium, 23 mi away, is the farthest on the map.
Orange: Mathiston. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The full list
Look within 60 miles for all 7 places listed.
1Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
3Elvis Presley Birthplace
Historic museum at the birthplace of Elvis Presley.
4Nanih Waiya
Cultural property and archaeological site in Mississippi, USA.
5Tupelo National Battlefield
Battlefield in Mississippi, United States.
6Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium
Educational astronomical observatory and planetarium located near French Camp, Mississippi, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Mathiston → · Mathiston’s history →
Photo credits
Davis Wade Stadium: Nateb2003, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Natchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · Elvis Presley Birthplace: Markuskun at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Nanih Waiya: Ditch Fisher, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
