List of nature centers in Mississippi

This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Mississippi.

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Name	Location	County	Region	Summary
Clinton Community Nature Center	Clinton	Hinds	Southwest	website, 33 acres
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Moss Point	Jackson	Southeast	18,400 acres, features the Grand Bay Coastal Resources Center Interpretative Area
Larry Box Environmental Education Center	Brooksville	Noxubee	East Central	website, operated by the Starkville School District, located on the 48,000-acre Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science	Jackson	Hinds	Southwest	Natural history museum, aquarium displays, 2.5 miles of nature trails, programs, located in LeFleur's Bluff State Park
Pascagoula River Audubon Center	Moss Point	Jackson	Southeast	website, operated by the National Audubon Society
Plymouth Bluff Center	Columbus	Lowndes	East Central	website, operated by the Mississippi University for Women, outdoor education center with museum
Scranton Nature Center	Pascagoula	Jackson	Southeast	website, operated by the City in IG Levy Park
Strawberry Plains Audubon Center	Holly Springs	Marshall	North	website, 2,500 acres, operated by the National Audubon Society, features restored 1850s mansion

External links

Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Mississippi

Protected areas of Mississippi

Federal

National Historical Parks	Natchez

National Battlefields, Military Parks and Battlefield Sites	Brices Cross Roads NBS Shiloh NMP Tupelo NB Vicksburg NMP

National Seashores	Gulf Islands

National Trails	Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail

National Forests	Bienville Delta De Soto Holly Springs Homochitto Tombigbee

National Wildlife Refuges	Bogue Chitto Coldwater River Dahomey Grand Bay Hillside Holt Collier Mathews Brake Mississippi Sandhill Crane Morgan Brake Noxubee Panther Swamp St. Catherine Creek Tallahatchie Theodore Roosevelt Yazoo

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Grand Bay

State

State Parks	Buccaneer Clark Creek Natural Area Clarkco Florewood George P. Cossar Golden Memorial Grand Gulf Military State Park Great River Road Holmes County Hugh White John W. Kyle J. P. Coleman Lake Lincoln Lake Lowndes LeFleur's Bluff Legion Leroy Percy Natchez Paul B. Johnson Percy Quin Roosevelt Shepard Tishomingo Tombigbee Trace Wall Doxey

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (web)

Nature centers in the United States

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