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Outdoor Recreation

GO wild and wonderful with family and friends. In fact, the adventures are endless at Tishomingo State Park: Try rock climbing or take the adventurous walk across the Park’s swinging bridge spanning Bear Creek, where beneath kayakers are paddling the 6.5-mile route. There’s also swimming, hiking, camping and more to explore. Running through the Park is the Natchez Trace Parkway, where history dates back to before the earliest indigenous peoples; today the timeless beauty remains, and so do essential Native American sites including Cave Springs and Bear Mound and Village.

For outdoor lovers with a special love for the water, there’s no more refreshing destination than J. P. Coleman State Park. Nestled on a rocky bluff overlooking the Tennessee River, the Park lets visitors dive in for skiing, fishing, tubing, wake boarding, boating and more. And with 50,000 acres of huge and hugely inviting water recreation spread across Tishomingo County-two lakes, a waterway and five marinas-the boating is legendary everywhere. Also legendary: Hunting on the thousands of acres in and adjacent to the County.

Other must-experience highlights include Woodhall Mountain, the highest peak in Mississippi; the sparkling cascade of Cooper Falls; and the aptly named Goat Island on Pickwick Lake; the island is the ideal spot to view migratory birds and feed the friendly wild goat herd from the shoreline or your boat.