Architectural style Other, Rustic Area 8 ha Year built 1935 | NRHP Reference # 97001437 Phone +1 662-252-4231 Added to NRHP 1 December 1997 | |
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Nearest city Holly Springs, Mississippi Built by Civilian Conservation Corps; National Youth Administration MPS State Parks in Mississippi built by the CCC MPS Address 3946 MS-7, Holly Springs, MS 38635, USA Similar John W Kyle State Park, Holly Springs National, Chewalla Lake Recreatio, Kirkwood National Golf Club, US Forest Services Work Cen | ||
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Wall Doxey State Park is a public recreation area located off Mississippi Highway 7, approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Holly Springs, Mississippi. The state park is centered around 60-acre (24 ha) Spring Lake.
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HistoryEdit
Wall Doxey State Park is one of the original state parks built in Mississippi in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Originally known as Spring Lake, the park was the eighth park in Mississippi created by the CCC. The CCC began work 1935; the park opened in 1938. Workers with the National Youth Administration also contributed to the park's development, adding a cabin in 1938. In 1956, the park was renamed in honor of Mississippi politician Wall Doxey.
Activities and amenitiesEdit
The park features lake fishing, primitive and developed campsites, cabins and cottage, 2.5-mile (4.0 km) nature trail, picnic area, and two disc golf courses. A narrow levee surrounds a third of the spring-fed lake which, in its shallows, has cypresses and dense vegetation.