Several Amish and Mennonite families have purchased farms on Highway 20, near Summertown.
Amish and Mennonite families often make and sell products to the general public and give a glimpse of their unique way of life. Many garden vegetables and berries are available in season.
Take a short drive to this area and you will see their many signs publicizing to the public what is currently available. Yoder's Homestead Market is located at 3555 Summertown Hwy., (TN Hwy 20 E) selling home-baked pies, pastries, bread, and many other foods as well as spices and specialty products. Recollect the "good ole days" and purchase made-to-order sandwiches.
The Natchez Trace Parkway enjoys a rich history in our nation's development. It is more than just a road.
The Natchez Trace Parkway leads you 444 miles through three states and 10,000 years of North American history.
This scenic parkway links Natchez with Nashville and crosses some of the most beautiful terrain in the states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. The Parkway was declared a National Scenic Byway and an All-American Road and has been chosen as one of America’s 10 best biking roads. Open year-round for motorists, hikers, and bikers, it is a wonderful way to spend a lazy summer day, fall, or just about any time. The speed limit is 50 mph, but who would want to go faster? You might miss some of the most wonderful scenery. The shoulders cloaked in woodland and dotted with interesting sites along the way, make you feel like you are driving through a forest of hardwood trees, just as Meriwether Lewis might have seen it when he was there.
Spirits and wine along the Natchez Trace have a long and outstanding history. Landlocked farmers with no direct access to the sea needed a way to ship their produce to markets.
You may wish to download the Passport pdf file for the South Central Tennessee Wine Trail here.
Wine Country, California may be all the rage, but the Natchez Trace Wine Trail, off the famous Natchez Trace Parkway, is an experience of fresh air, beautiful views, and unique wines. The four family-owned wineries that make up the trail are approximately an hour outside of Nashville. It’s a wine experience worth a day’s road trip. Follow along for a run-down of each stop, plus a spot for lunch, and then, plan your own Natchez Trace Wine Trail adventure. Please sip responsibly.
The 920-acre Devil's Backbone State Natural Area offers a visitor the opportunity for a quiet hike in a natural environment. The trail takes the hiker from the pavement of the Natchez Trace Parkway (located at mile marker 394 in Lewis County) out along the ridges of Tennessee's Highland Rim, down along a creek, and back again.
This inviting walk provides time for enjoying nature and quiet reflection. Chances are you will have solitude as the trail is not heavily used. The trail is a moderately strenuous loop with 200 feet of elevation change that is about 3 miles long. The natural area gets its name from the old nickname for the Natchez Trace. The 444-mile trip from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, TN was frequently a difficult one involving murderers and thieves, Indians and floods. Travelers attribute their trouble to the work of the Devil.
State of Tennessee website information for the Devil's Backbone.
Wineries, honky tonks, the great outdoors, and secrets from the past. Walk in the footsteps of David Crockett and U.S. Presidents Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk. Investigate the mysterious death of explorer Meriwether Lewis. See what life on plantations was like in the 1800s, and stand on sites where the Civil War left scars you can still see today.
This is Nashville’s Trace: a road trip through charming Tennessee towns linked together by the UNSPOILED BEAUTY and stories of the Natchez Trace Parkway and National Scenic Byway. Experience the Trace as its own scenic destination, or take any or all of the six off-Trace loops provided in the Tennessee Visitor's Guide.
Download the guide and map here.
