Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Mississippi

[1] 2 3

Facility Name Description Activities Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site Located on MS Hwy 370 four miles west of Baldwyn, this one-acre site commemorates a battle which had one objective-- make impossible the threat of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to  more... Museum/Visitor Center Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge The Coldwater National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwest Mississippi, 4 * miles south of the town of Crowder. Established in 2000, this small refuge consists of 2,069 acres within an  more... Wildlife Viewing Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge Dahomey NWR is located 15 miles south west of Cleveland, Mississippi. It was established in 1990 when the Nature Conservancy (TNC) purchased 9,269 and leased the land back to the Service for  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hunting Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge Grand Bay NWR is one of over 540 National Wildlife Refuges managed as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Grand Bay NWR was established in 1992 under the Emergency Wetlands Resources act of  more... Fishing , Hiking , Wildlife Viewing Grand Bay Reserve The Grand Bay Reserve is one of the most biologically productive estuarine ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico region, supporting several rare or endangered plant and animal species, numerous important  more... Fishing , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Hillside National Wildlife Refuge Hillside NWR, established in 1975, occupies over 15,500 acres along the eastern edge of the Mississippi /Yazoo River Alluvial Plain in Holmes and Yazoo Counties. Refuge lands were purchased by the  more... Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge Mathews Brake NWR, established in 1980, encompasses 2,418 acres in west-central Mississippi. The major natural feature of the refuge is Mathews Brake, a 1,810 acre oxbow lake. The shallow lake  more... Fishing , Hunting Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge The Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge is one of more than 540 national wildlife refuges administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It was established in 1975 to safeguard  more... Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge Morgan Brake NWR, established in 1977, encompasses 7,381 acres in west central Mississippi. It is situated on the extreme eastern edge of the Mississippi/Yazoo River Alluvial Plain between U.S.  more... Fishing , Hunting Natchez National Historical Park Natchez National Historical Park celebrates the rich cultural history of Natchez, Mississippi and interprets the pivotal role the city played in the settlement of the old southwest, the Cotton  more... Fishing , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic

[1] 2 3