Worth the trip from Olivet: Natchez Trace Parkway, 24 mi off
Natchez Trace Parkway draws about 8M visitors a year. Nothing on our list is inside Olivet; the 5 places to visit are within 40 miles. Among them are 2 museums, a parkway and a national military park. Day-trippers head 42 mi out to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio.
Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where things are
The map stretches to Pinson Mounds, 34 mi away.
Orange: Olivet. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The list in full
9 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
1Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
3Shiloh National Military Park
National military park in Tennessee and Mississippi, United States.
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7Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Battlefield in Mississippi, United States.
9Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Olivet → · Olivet’s history →
Photo credits
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: Dailynetworks, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Natchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), 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 · Corinth Depot: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0
