Travel Reference
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Wood Thrush
The park has campgrounds and cabins. Information about the park can be obtained by writ-
ing Wall Doxey State Park, Holly Springs, MS 38635.
J. P. COLEMAN STATE PARK
With numerous expansive views over Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River, J. P. Cole-
man State Park, in the very northeastern corner of Mississippi, is a good spot for watching
wintering waterfowl. Complete with a marina, lodge, restaurant, cabins, and a campground,
this park provides nice accommodations on a large lake. Views out over the water can be had
almost anywhere in the park, but my favorite spot for watching for wintering waterfowl and
common loons is the picnic pavilion on an arm of land that juts out into the lake between the
office and the primitive campground. The park also has a nature trail through the woods from
the ranger station on the entrance road to the first picnic pavilion. There are also nature pre-
serve areas south of the developed, family campground and across the Indian Creek portion
of the lake; these two areas are more difficult to reach. The one south of the campground can
be reached by walking through the campground and then heading on into the woods; a boat
is needed to reach the area across Indian Creek. During spring and summer, species normally
seen in this area such as white-breasted nuthatch, indigo bunting, summer tanager, Acadian
flycatcher, various woodpeckers, eastern pewee, and yellow-throated warbler are present, and
during migration seasons, migrant songbirds can be found in these areas, with some luck.
