This is a list of Mississippi state parks. , the
state park system of the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
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 ...
comprises 24
state parks and one natural area.
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Current state parks
Defunct state parks or under other jurisdiction
* Arkbutla State Park
* Casey Jones State Park
* Fort Maurepas State Park
*Grand Gulf Military Monument Park
Grand Gulf Military State Park is a Mississippi state park located 10 miles northwest of Port Gibson in an unincorporated area, now the ghost town of Grand Gulf, in Claiborne County, Mississippi. The park includes the remnants of two batteries ...
, Port Gibson
* 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. state parks
* List of U.S. national parks
References
External links
State of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
{{Lists of state parks by U.S. state
State parks of Mississippi
Mississippi state parks
State parks
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...