Tombigbee State Park is a public recreation area located off

Mississippi Highway 6 Mississippi Highway 6 (MS 6) runs east–west from MS 161 in Lyon, east to MS 25 near Amory. It travels approximately , serving Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Lee, and Monroe Counties. West of Tupelo, it is concu ...

approximately east of

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Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

. The

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surrounds Lake Lee and is named for the nearby

Tombigbee River The Tombigbee River is a tributary of the Mobile River, approximately 200 mi (325 km) long, in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Alabama. Together with the Alabama, it merges to form the short Mobile River before the latter empties int ...

History

The state park was among the first state parks built in Mississippi in the 1930s by the

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

. The CCC began work on June 1, 1934; the park was opened to the public in 1938. The Tombigbee State Park Historic District was named to the

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in 1999.

Activities and amenities

The park features lake fishing, primitive and developed campsites, cabins and cottage, picnicking area, and two disc golf courses.

References

External links

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Tombigbee State Park Map
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks {{authority control Protected areas of Lee County, Mississippi State parks of Mississippi Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Mississippi Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Protected areas established in 1934 Mississippi placenames of Native American origin