Frequently Asked Questions

1. Are there park rangers stationed at the battlefield?

No, the battlefield is not staffed, but the rangers at the nearby Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center can help with questions concerning the site.

2. Why is "Brices" sometimes spelled with an apostrophe 's' and sometimes without? Which is correct?

In most research, book titles, and even in the name of the interpretive center in nearby Baldwyn, Mississippi, the name is spelled with an apostrophe, "Brice's Cross Roads." But when the national battlefield site was legislated by Congress in 1929, the apostrophe was left off. The National Park Service is bound to use the legislated name, without the apostrophe. The legislation also shows Cross Roads as two words, but is sometimes seen as one outside the National Park Service. Both are correct.

Directions

Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site can be found 15 miles north of Tupelo, Mississippi. To get there, exit off of U.S. Highway 45 onto Rt. 370, in Baldwyn, Mississippi. The battlefield is located 6 miles west of Baldwyn, on Rt. 370. Visitors should also consider visiting the Brice's Crossroads Visitor and Interpretive Center in Baldwyn.  To get there, exit U.S. 45 at Rt. 370 and turn east.  Take the first right off of Rt. 370 to the center.  (You may notice the center as the brick building with more than a dozen flagpoles).  For more information, contact the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center in Tupelo, at 1-800-305-7417.

Fees & Reservations

There are no fees or reservations associated with Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site. The site is a unit of the National Park Service and is administered by the Natchez Trace Parkway, headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, along the Parkway at Milepost 266. For questions concerning the site, call the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center at 1-800-305-7417. The Visitor Center is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Central Time), every day except December 25.

There is a small admission fee to visit the museum at the Brice's Crossroads Visitor and Interpretive Center located near the intersection of U.S. 45 and Rt. 370, six miles east of the battlefield. This is not a National Park Service facility. For more information please the Center at 662-365-3969.