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Kosciusko Bicycle-Only Campground

Picnic table and tent pad at the Kosciusko Bicycle only campground.

A tent pad and picnic table at the Kosciusko bicycle-only campground.

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The Kosciusko bicycle-only campground at milepost 159 provides picnic tables, water, tent pads, fire grates, and a pit toilet. The Kosciusko Information Center restrooms (located one half mile north of the campground) are open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm daily, except for holidays.

To find the campground, turn west on the road marked District Ranger Office, just south of the Kosciusko Information Center. Follow the road to a gated area. Outside the gate, to the left, you will find a sign with a tent symbol and arrow directing you to the camping area.

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Did You Know?

Meriwether Lewis Monument, Natchez Trace Parkway, Tennessee

Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, was governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory when he died on the Natchez Trace in 1809, at Grinder's Stand in Tennessee. A monument was erected in his honor in 1848 and can be seen along the Natchez Trace Parkway today.