This Wildlife Refuge is comprised of 11,600 acres of important habitat for migrating and wintering waterfowl in the Mississippi Flyway. Fall and Spring are the ideal times for bird watching.  Check the website for hunting seasons. Maps are availably at the Headquarters.  Enjoy the Nature trails. A boardwalk leads   ...

This park is presently closed due to Spring floods. This park is located on the bank of the  Mississippi River. It offers an array of outdoor entertainment for visitors. Perry Martin Lake boat launch, Disc Golf, fishing,hiking & nature trails, sheltered  picnic areas, playground , RV Campground, laundry/bath ...

Bird watching by appointment at no charge. Travel a sunken road to an 1820’s plantation, which has been in the Brabston family since 1827. Ten acres of formal and informal gardens include century-old red cedars, magnolias and rare native plants. Also featuring a pond and wetlands for wildlife and bird viewing and an old cemetery. Picnic facil...

Vicksburg is home to a major field office of the National Audubon Society, a 100-year-old conservation organization names for explorer and artist John James Audubon. Staff is working statewide and throughout the lower Mississippi River region on science and education projects. The office is also a source of regional nature tourism opportunities and...

Fall – Winter: Hunting by appointment only. Spring – Summer: 5,700 square-foot conference center. August: Birding Festival. Tara Wildlife features 20,000 acres located on the Mississippi River thirty minutes north of Vicksburg, business retreats and workshops, family reunions, summer youth camps, skeet and sporting clay shoots, fishing ...

A cooperative effort between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Ducks Unlimited, Inc., this wetlands project, along with Leroy Percy State Park, offers some of the best bird watching in North America. The National Audubon Society’s annual bird counts conducted in this area have identified more species in Washington County than in any other inla...