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LeFleur's Bluff State Park is a public recreation area located on the banks of the Pearl River off Interstate 55 within the city limits of Jackson, Mississippi. The state park is home to a 50-acre (20 ha) lake, the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, and the Mississippi Children's Museum.
Casey Jones State Park. Fort Maurepas State Park. Grand Gulf Military Monument Park, 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.
Helen E. O'Connell AO (born 3 April 1962) is an Australian professor of urology and a pioneer in the anatomical study of the clitoris. She is a leading researcher in the area of female pelvic anatomy and was the first woman to complete training as a urologist in Australia.
Here are a few things to do with children in the Jackson, Mississippi metro area: A day at the museum. The Mississippi Children's Museum earned third place on USA Today's best children's...
Each year over two million people visit the Ross Barnett Reservoir for outdoor recreation: types include boating, fishing, water-skiing, and camping. There are five campgrounds, 16 parks, 22 boat launches, three handicapped-accessible trails, two multi-purpose trails, and a mountain bike trail which meanders near Mule Jail Lake .
The area is divided into 4 camps: Mountaineer, Pioneer, Forester, and Voyager. As of 2016 only Pioneer is in use as an active campground (With campsites from Voyager incorporated into Pioneer); Camp Mountaineer is in use for ancillary activities. The size of the entire reservation is approximately 5,000 acres (2,000 ha).
The Jackson Public School District (JPSD) or Jackson Public Schools (JPS) is a public school district serving the majority of Jackson, the state capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Established in 1888, it is the second largest and only urban school district in the state.
The Eudora Welty House & Garden, at 1119 Pinehurst Street in Jackson, Mississippi, was the home of author Eudora Welty for nearly 80 years. It was built by her parents in 1925. Welty and her mother built and tended to the garden located at the side and back of the home over decades.
Jackson Volcano is an extinct volcano 2,900 feet (880 m) beneath the city of Jackson, Mississippi, under the Mississippi Coliseum. The uplifted terrain around the volcano forms the Jackson Dome, an area of dense rock clearly noticeable in local gravity measurements. [1]
Pages in category "Writers from Jackson, Mississippi" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.