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Situated on a peninsula point located on the Enid Reservoir in Oakland, Miss, this park offers 83 campsites. Yocona Ridge offers 35 waterfront sites, a laundry room, a playground and a bathhouse. Jones Creek campground offers 48 naturalized wooded camping areas, restrooms and a small playground. This park also offers 13 cabins, 2 pavilions, visitor center, putt putt golf course and an 18-hole disc golf course. The Enid Reservoir is 28,000 acres and holds the world record crappie being caught.
107-acre park; has the 2nd largest loblolly pine tree in the state of Mississippi which can be found on the Loblolly Trail. Park memorializes a post-Civil War one-room school once located on the site. Picnic tables, grills, two picnic pavillions, nature trails, 15-acre spring-fed lake stocked with bass and bream. Office and park use hours: Wednesday through Sunday, day use 8a.m. to 5p.m.
Civil War Battlefield site, museum, historic buildings, cemetery, observation tower, tent camping, RV hookups, view the Mississippi River.
Exhibits such as the Asian, Australian and Mississippi habitats now accompany the African Veldt, Siberian Tiger and Jaguar. Additional features of the expanded and redesigned zoo include an educational facility, animal hospital, gift shop, renovated carousel, splash pad and the newly opened Touch Africa and mining sluice! Hop aboard the train for a ride throughout the zoo!
Meridian's Historic Highland Park is home to the Dentzel Carousel, Swimming Pool, baseball field, park, duck pond, and the Jimmie Rodgers Museum.
Fish or swim in Magee's Creek or drop in a canoe for a short day trip. Paved walking trail, pavilion, outdoor stage, and children's playground.
developed and tent camping, cabins, seasonal swimming beach and pool, nature trail, visitor/activity building, picnic area/shelter, playground, golf, boat launch, water skiing, fishing, disc golf
Enjoy a visit to Scranton Nature Center, with playground, pavilion, 14 acre fishing lake, restrooms, 2 mile walking trail, soccer field, & backstops.
Visitors to our city will enjoy this sports facility with 8 lighted tennis courts, 20,000 sf playground, skate park, 18 hole disk golf course, 2 racquetball courts, 3 pavilions & restrooms.
Perched on a rocky bluff overlooking the Tennessee River, J.P. Coleman State Park offers the finest in all types of water sports. Biking Trail and Bird and Wildlife watching.