Alabama

America's Byways®

Parkway Seen From Bulter Ridge

Natchez Trace Parkway

Native Americans, Kaintuck boatmen, post riders, government officials and soldiers all moved across this trail, creating a vital link between the Mississippi Territory and the fledgling United States. Pass through forests, cypress swamps and farmland to meander through the rock-studded hills of Tennessee, cotton fields in Alabama, and Mississippi's marshes.

Crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge (AL)

Selma to Montgomery March Byway

Journey through history along the trail that marks one of the major historic events in 20th Century American history, the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Wind through the streets of Selma; pass through countryside where marchers spent the night on their way to Montgomery.

View from Pulloff on Talladega Scenic Drive (AL)

Talladega Scenic Drive

Talladega Drive offers a bird's-eye view of scenic mountains, rock outcroppings, and small rural settlements within the Talladega National Forest. Heading towards Cheaha State Park and Alabama's highest peak, with an elevation of 2,407 feet, travel the backbone of Horseblock and Cheaha Mountains, the southernmost extension of the Appalachian Mountains.

Other Byways in Alabama

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