Percy Quin State Park
Colorful sunset
Sunset at Percy Quin State Park, April 2017
Percy Quin State Park is located in Mississippi
Percy Quin State Park
Percy Quin State Park
Location in Mississippi
LocationPike County, Mississippi, United States
Coordinates31°11′31″N 90°34′02″W / 31.191926°N 90.5671272°W / 31.191926; -90.5671272[1]
Elevation328 ft (100 m)
Established1935
Administered byMississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
DesignationMississippi state park
Named forU.S. Representative Percy Quin
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

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 the 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, a picnic area, and an 18-hole golf course, Quail Hollow.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Percy Quin State Park Lake". Fishing & Boating. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Percy Quin State Park". Parks and Destinations. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Percy Quin State Park". The Woodville Republican. Woodville, Miss. June 27, 1936. Retrieved December 12, 2016.

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