Delta National Forest
Delta National Forest
Rolling Fork, MS 39159
Phone:662-873-6256
Fax:662-873-2770
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r8/mississippi/delta
Size: 60,000 acres.
Location:West-central Mississippi. Accessible by US 61. Nearby cities/towns include Rolling Rock and Vicksburg.
Facilities:Dispersed camping, picnic sites, boat launches, trails, ATV trails (50+ miles).
Activities:Camping, hunting, fishing, boating, bird watching, hiking, mountain biking, swimming.
Special Features:A large, contiguous block of bottomland hardwood forest, seasonally flooded timber, and small sloughs draining into the Big and Little Sunflower rivers in the Yazoo Basin of the Mississippi River. It is the only bottomland hardwood ecosystem in the national forest system.
See other parks in Mississippi.