Greetings to all you Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Tennessee folks:

My work travel is now occasionally taking me up the Ohio River as far as Cincinnatti but they may extend upstream to Pittsburgh.

I'm trying to determine what routes I can plan on using if I have to Bug Out from anywhere along the Ohio River and head for home in South Central Louisiana. I would definitely want to initially head for Nashville, Tn to get on the Natchez Trace for hiking/backpacking or bicycling my way south to Natchez, Ms.

My question concerns routes from the Ohio River to any point along the Natchez Trace that would make use of mountain passes, low population areas, two lane highways, dirt roads, electrical or pipeline Right-of-Ways, forested areas, etc.

Suggestions should have a starting point from a town or city on the Ohio River and basically be straight lines from one town to another. Deviations required from that description can be worked out from the recommended routes that anybody suggests based on what would be encountered if such a situation should arise.

Based on what y'all can tell me, I can set up supply points along the way.

Thanks for any and all input.