Mississippi Recreation Areas

Directions Grand bay NWR is located approximately 7 miles east of Pascagoula, Mississippi and approximately 20 miles west of Mobile, Alabama. From Interstate 10, take the Franklin Creek exit (exit 75) and head south to US Highway 90. Cross US 90 onto Pecan Road and go approximately 1 mile to a very active railroad crossing, this is Bayou Heron Road. Cross over railroad track and keep to your right. The office is approximately 1 mile from railroad crossing. Phone 228-475-0765 Activities BOATING, INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS, FISHING, HIKING, HUNTING, VISITOR CENTER, WILDLIFE VIEWING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, PADDLING Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: Mississippi Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: Mississippi Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More Mississippi Recreation Areas Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge Grand Bay NWR is one of over 540 National Wildlife Refuges managed as

Directions Take Highway 49E approximately 16 miles north of Yazoo City to Thorton, MS. Turn right (east) on Thorton road and travel approximately 4 miles to the refuge. There is no staffed office on Hillside. For maps, please go to: http://hillside.fws.gov/directions.html Phone 662-235-4989 Activities FISHING, HIKING, HUNTING, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PHOTOGRAPHY Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: Mississippi Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: Mississippi Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More Mississippi Recreation Areas Hillside National Wildlife Refuge This refuge is an oasis of wildlife habitat surrounded by agriculture. Bounded on the east side by the unique loess bluffs of eastern Mississippi, this 15,572-acre refuge was named to reflect its location at the base of the bluffs. The refuge was established in 1975 and provides important stop-over and nesting habitat for over 200 species of neotropical migratory

Directions Traveling from Greenwood, take Highway 49 south approximately 9 miles to Sidon, MS. Turn right (west) at Sidon and travel through Sidon. After crossing the railroad tracks, take the second street to the left. Follow this paved road approximately 5 miles. After crossing the first bridge, travel approximately 100 yards and take the first paved road to the left (south). Travel approximately a half mile and take the first gravel road to the right. This road will take you to the refuge Kiosk and boat ramp. There is no staffed office on Mathews. For maps, please go to: http://mathewsbrake.fws.gov/directions.html Phone 662-235-4989 Activities BOATING, FISHING, HUNTING, WILDLIFE VIEWING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, PHOTOGRAPHY Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: Mississippi Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: Mississippi Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More Mississippi Recreation Areas Mathews Brake

Directions The Mississippi Sandhill Crane Refuge is located in Jackson County, Mississippi, three miles north of Gautier. The headquarters/visitor center is located one-half mile north of I-10, exit 61, on the Gautier-Vancleave road. Phone 228-497-6322 Activities INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS, HIKING, VISITOR CENTER, WILDLIFE VIEWING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, PHOTOGRAPHY Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: Mississippi Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: Mississippi Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More Mississippi Recreation Areas Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge Look in any direction at Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge and you look back to an earlier time along the Gulf Coast. The landscape is flat, like a prairie. The ground, blanketed with impervious clay soil, is waterlogged and acidic. Yet here, a rich, colorful blend of rare orchids, carnivorous plants and other ground cover thrive under the scattered pines

Directions Take Highway 49E approximately 16 miles north of Yazoo City to Thornton, MS. Turn right (east) on Thornton Road and travel approximately 4 miles to the refuge. Phone 662-235-4989 Activities BOATING, FISHING, HUNTING, WILDLIFE VIEWING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, PHOTOGRAPHY Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: Mississippi Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: Mississippi Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More Mississippi Recreation Areas http://www.fws.gov/refuge/morgan_brake/ Welcome to Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge…one of seven refuges in the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex. In addition to the typical bottomland habitats of the Mississippi Delta, Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge includes a unique mile of north-facing loess bluffs on the east side of the refuge. This rare habitat with its unique floral assembly, has been described by natural resources experts as the standard by which all loess bluffs can

Directions Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located ten miles southwest of Yazoo City, Mississippi. From Yazoo City, take MS Highway 149W across the Yazoo River bridge, then take the first paved road to the left (River Road). Travel approximately 7 miles to a gravel road where the refuge Headquarters sign is located. Turn right on the gravel road and travel a half mile to the refuge office. Phone 662-746-5060 Activities BOATING, FISHING, HUNTING Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: Mississippi Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: Mississippi Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More Mississippi Recreation Areas Welcome to Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge … one of seven refuges in the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Established in 1978, Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 38,697 acres. Included in those acres is one of the

Directions From Highway 25 going south from Starkville toward Louisville, look for the green highway sign indicating Noxubee Refuge just after crossing into Winston County. Turn left onto Loakfoma Road at the sign. Follow the road until it ends at a T. Turn left and proceed approximately 9 miles. From Highway 25 going north from Louisville toward Starkville, look for the green highway sign indicating Noxubee Refuge. Pass the first sign. Continue to the next sign – approximately 7 miles – and turn right onto Loakfoma Road. Follow the road until it ends at a T. Turn left and proceed approximately 9 miles. From Highway 45 at Brooksville, look for Noxubee Refuge exit signs. Go through the town of Brooksville and follow the road until it turns to dirt (about 10 miles). Continue straight, go to second 4-way intersection and make a right. Follow sign to refuge. From Starkville (Highway

Directions The refuge is located on the north and south sides of Highway 8, nine miles west of Holcomb, MS. Phone 662-226-8286 Activities BOATING, FISHING, HUNTING Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: Mississippi Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: Mississippi Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More Mississippi Recreation Areas The Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1990 and consists of 4,083 acres in Grenada and Tallahatchie Counties. Topography is relatively flat and land has been subject to extensive clearing and drainage. Upon acquisition the refuge lands consited mostly of agricultural fields. Since then, nearly 1,300 acres have been reforested. The unit’s largest continuous tract is a patchwork of cultivated farmlands, old fields, and small scattered hardwood bottomland forests bisected by the meandering Tippo Bayou that is its center piece. The old oxbows and low-lying fields

Directions Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge is located in the heart of Mississippi’s Delta Region, 28 miles south of Greenville, MS, and 61 miles north of Vicksburg, Mississippi. From Greenville take Highway 1 south to the refuge sign. Turn east on Yazoo Refuge Road, and proceed to the Headquarters sign. From Vicksburg travel north on Highway 61. Turn west onto Highway 436 and proceed approximately 5.5 miles to the refuge sign at Beargarden Road. Turn right on Beargarden Road and follow the signs to Refuge Headquarters. For maps go to: http://yazoo.fws.gov/directions.html Phone 662-839-2638 Activities BOATING, HIKING, HUNTING Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: Mississippi Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: Mississippi Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More Mississippi Recreation Areas Welcome to Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge – the oldest national wildlife refuge in the State of Mississippi.