Percy Quin State Park
Percy Quin State Park | |
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![]() Sunset at Percy Quin State Park, April 2017 | |
![]() ![]() Location in Mississippi | |
Location | Pike County, Mississippi, United States |
Coordinates | 31°11′13″N 90°31′13″W / 31.18694°N 90.52028°WCoordinates: 31°11′13″N 90°31′13″W / 31.18694°N 90.52028°W[1] |
Elevation | 328 ft (100 m)[1] |
Established | 1935 |
Named for | U.S. Representative Percy Quin |
Governing body | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks |
Website | Percy Quin State Park |
Percy Quin State Park is a public recreation area located off Interstate 55, approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of McComb, Mississippi. The state park surrounds 490-acre (200 ha) Lake Tangipahoa, an impoundment of the Tangipahoa River.[2]
History[]
The park is one of the nine original state parks built in Mississippi by the Civilian Conservation Corps.[3] Work on the park began in 1935, with construction of the dam that created Lake Tangipahoa initiated in 1936.[4] The park was named after Mississippi politician Percy Quin.
Activities and amenities[]
The park features boating, waterskiing and fishing, a conference center, primitive and developed campsites, cabins, villas, and lodge, a 4-mile (6.4 km) nature trail, picnic area, and an 18-hole golf course, Quail Hollow.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Percy Quin State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ a b "Percy Quin State Park". Parks and Destinations. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ Todd Sanders, Review and Compliance Assistant (August 15, 1996). "State Parks in Mississippi built by the CCC between 1934 - 1942". National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form. National Park Service. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
By July, 1935, a total of nine new parks were under construction. These nine were Leroy Percy in Washington County; Tombigbee in Lee County; Clarkco in Clarke County; Legion in Winston County; Tishomingo in Tishomingo County; Holmes County; Roosevelt in Scott County; Spring Lake (later re-named Wall Doxey) in Marshall County; and Percy Quin in Pike County.
- ^ "Percy Quin State Park". The Woodville Republican. Woodville, Miss. June 27, 1936. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
External links[]
- Percy Quin State Park Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
- Percy Quin State Park Map Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
- State parks of Mississippi
- Protected areas of Pike County, Mississippi