List of Mississippi state parks
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This is a list of Mississippi state parks. As of 2024[update], the state park system of the U.S. state of Mississippi comprises 24 state parks and one natural area.[1]
Current state parks
[edit]Name | Image | County | Locality | Estab- lished [2] |
River / lake / other | Remarks |
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Buccaneer State Park | Hancock | Waveland | 2005 (rebuilt) | Gulf of Mexico | Waterpark, camping | |
Clark Creek Natural Area | ![]() |
Wilkinson | Woodville | 1978 | Clark Creek | Fifty waterfalls. 700 acres (280 ha) |
Clarkco State Park | ![]() |
Clarke | Quitman | 1930s | Moore Mill Creek | Boating, fishing, camping. 815 acres (330 ha) |
Florewood State Park | Leflore | Greenwood | 1973 | Yalobusha River | Leased by Leflore County; "temporarily closed" since auction of artifacts and buildings in 2005 | |
George P. Cossar State Park | ![]() |
Yalobusha | Oakland | Enid Lake | Boating, fishing, camping | |
Golden Memorial State Park | Leake | Walnut Grove | Golden Memorial Park Lake | Fishing, camping | ||
Great River Road State Park | ![]() |
Bolivar | Rosedale | Perry Martin Lake | Mississippi River lookout tower | |
Holmes County State Park | ![]() |
Holmes | Durant | 1930s | Odum Lake and English Lake | Swimming, fishing, camping |
Hugh White State Park | ![]() |
Grenada | Grenada | Grenada Lake | Boating, fishing, camping | |
John W. Kyle State Park | Panola | Sardis | Sardis Reservoir | Boating, fishing, camping, golf course | ||
J. P. Coleman State Park | Tishomingo | Iuka | Pickwick Lake | Boating, camping, swimming pool | ||
Lake Lincoln State Park | ![]() |
Lincoln | Wesson | Lake Lincoln | Boating, fishing, camping | |
Lake Lowndes State Park | Lowndes | Columbus | Lake Lowndes | Boating, fishing, camping, equestrian trails, gymnasium | ||
LeFleur's Bluff State Park | ![]() |
Hinds | Jackson | Pearl River, Mayes Lake |
Hiking, boating, fishing; golf course, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. 305 acres (123 ha) | |
Legion State Park | ![]() |
Winston | Louisville | 1930s | Legion Lake | Fishing, camping |
Leroy Percy State Park | ![]() |
Washington | Hollandale | 1930s | Gamble Lake and Brushy Lake | Alligator watching, boating, fishing, camping |
Natchez State Park | Adams | Natchez | Natchez Lake | Boating, fishing, camping, horseback riding | ||
Paul B. Johnson State Park | ![]() |
Forrest | Hattiesburg | Geiger Lake | Boating, fishing, camping | |
Percy Quin State Park | ![]() |
Pike | McComb | 1930s | Lake Tangipahoa | Boating, fishing, camping; convention center |
Roosevelt State Park | ![]() |
Scott | Morton | 1930s | Shadow Lake | Boating, fishing, camping |
Shepard State Park | Jackson | Gautier | Singing River | Small-craft boat ramp, camping, trails. 395 acres (160 ha) | ||
Tishomingo State Park | ![]() |
Tishomingo | Tishomingo | 1930s | Haynes Lake, Bear Creek |
Canoeing, fishing, camping, swimming pool |
Tombigbee State Park | ![]() |
Lee | Tupelo | 1930s | Lake Lee | Fishing, camping |
Trace State Park | ![]() |
Pontotoc | Pontotoc | Trace Lake | Off-road vehicle trails, golf course, boating, camping | |
Wall Doxey State Park | ![]() |
Marshall | Holly Springs | 1930s | Spring Lake | Fishing, camping |
Defunct state parks or under other jurisdiction
[edit]- Arkbutla State Park
- Casey Jones State Park
- Fort Maurepas State Park
- Grand Gulf Military Monument Park, Port Gibson
- Gulf Marine State Park
- Nanih Waiya State Park, transferred to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 2006
- Sam Dale State Park
- Winterville Mounds, 1960–2000, transferred to Department of Archives and History
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mississippi State Parks". Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ Mississippi's first nine state parks were built by the CCC. "By July, 1935, a total of nine new parks were under construction. These nine were Leroy Percy in Washington County; Tombigbee in Lee County; Clarkco in Clarke County; Legion in Winston County; Tishomingo in Tishomingo County; Holmes County; Roosevelt in Scott County; Spring Lake (later re-named Wall Doxey) in Marshall County; and Percy Quin in Pike County." "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form". U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service. August 15, 1996.
External links
[edit]- Mississippi State Parks Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks