New multipurpose trails connect Jackson, Mississippi metro areas
For more information on Mississippi's state parks: http://www.mississippi.gov/ms_sub_sub_template.jsp?Category_ID=40
Official websites for National Park Service units in Mississippi: http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parksearch/state.cfm?st=ms
The
Great Outdoors Resources Page (GORP)
has information on trails in Mississippi:
http://gorp.away.com/gorpapps/trails/search_results.tcl?stateid=26
National Wildlife Refuge System, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, provides trails as well as hunting, fishing, wildlife observation; see refuges in Mississippi: http://www.fws.gov/refuges/refugeLocatorMaps/Mississippi.html
Mississippi's National Forests: www.fs.fed.us/r8/mississippi/
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Find all National Recreation Trails in Mississippi: select Mississippifrom the State Search list and click on "Find Trails"
Visit Mississippi's "Featured" National Recreational Trails for the most recently designated trail(s)
Visit the National Recreation Trails website to learn more about the NRT program and access over 1,050 NRTs from across the country
Mississippi River Trail is a 10-state cycling route in the process of development: www.mississippirivertrail.org/
Equestrian resources for Mississippi are at: www.horseandmuletrails.com/Ms.htm
A membership with American Trails helps insure the future of trails and greenways in America. Show your support by joining or donating today.
Clark Creek Natural Area provides over 4 miles of trails in a beautiful rural part of southwest Mississippi: www.newsouthernview.com/pages/nsv_ot_clark_creek.html
Desoto County Greenways will encompass over 200 miles of scenic pathways and trails in northern Mississippi: www.nmslandtrust.org/desotogreenways/index.html
Longleaf Trail in the De Soto National Forest features 26 miles of single track hiking, biking, and horse trails: www.ms50.com/TrlPics/Longleaf.html
American Volkssport Association year-round walking and Volkssport Event Calendar
Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area birding and nature trails: http://msgulfcoastheritage.ms.gov/CMP/RECREATION/BirdWatchingandNatureTrails.aspx
Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi and Tennessee: http://www.nps.gov/natt/index.htm
Tanglefoot Trail is a proposed 40 mile rail-to-trail conversion to be developed along the abandoned rail corridor that runs from New Albany to Houston in northeastern MS: http://www.tanglefoottrail.org/index.html
Mississippi trails and outdoor activities at Trails.com:
Recreational Trails Program: Providing funding to all 50 states for grants programs and program management
State Trails Program contacts in all 50 states
Fishing reports, maps, photos, and videos for every fishing spot in the USA: http://www.hookandbullet.com/s/fishing-mississippi/
• Transportation Reauthorization
• Land and Water Conservation Fund
• Reauthorization of the Recreational Trails Program
• CDC Offers Funding for Bike/Ped Programs
• Stimulus Funding (American Recovery & Reinvestment Act) Opportunities
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