List of Mississippi state parks

This is a list of Mississippi state parks.

As of 2005, the state park system of the U.S. state of Mississippi is composed of 24 state parks and one "natural area." Two of the parks, Buccaneer and Shepard, are closed as a result of damage from Hurricane Katrina.

Current state parks

1. Buccaneer State Park, Waveland
2. Clark Creek Natural Area, Woodville
3. Clarkco State Park, Quitman
4. Florewood State Park, Greenwood
5. George P. Cossar State Park, Oakland
6. Golden Memorial State Park, Walnut Grove
7. Grand Gulf Military Monument Park, Port Gibson
8. Great River Road State Park, Rosedale
9. Holmes County State Park, Durant
10. Hugh White State Park, Grenada
11. John W. Kyle State Park, Sardis
12. J. P. Coleman State Park, Iuka
13. Lake Lincoln State Park, Wesson
14. Lake Lowndes State Park, Columbus
15. LeFleur's Bluff State Park, Jackson
16. Legion State Park, Louisville
17. Leroy Percy State Park, Hollandale
18. Natchez State Park, Natchez
19. Paul B. Johnson State Park, Hattiesburg
20. Percy Quin State Park, McComb
21. Roosevelt State Park, Morton
22. Shepard State Park, Gautier
23. Tishomingo State Park, Tishomingo
24. Tombigbee State Park, Tupelo
25. Trace State Park, Belden
26. Wall Doxey State Park, Holly Springs

Defunct state parks

• Arkbutla State Park
• Casey Jones State Park
• Fort Maurepas State Park
• 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

• List of U.S. national parks

References

• "Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Parks". Archived from the original on 2005-11-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20051108005943/http://www.mdwfp.com/Level2/Parks/parks.asp. Retrieved 2005-11-15. 

External links

• State of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks website