Trace State Park | |
Photo Width: | 280 |
Photo Alt: | Lake view |
Map: | USA Mississippi |
Relief: | 1 |
Label: | Trace State Park |
Location: | Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States |
Coords: | 34.2603°N -88.9565°W |
Elevation: | 400feet |
Free Label: | Named for |
Free Data: | The Natchez Trace |
Designation: | Mississippi state park |
Administrator: | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks |
Trace State Park (formerly Old Natchez Trace Park) is a public recreation area located off Mississippi Highway 6, 7miles east of Pontotoc and 7miles west of Tupelo in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The state park surrounds 565acres Trace Lake and is named for the nearby Natchez Trace trail. Famed frontiersman Davy Crockett once lived within the area bounded by the park.
The park features boating, waterskiing and fishing, primitive and developed campsites, cabins and cottages, the Jason M. Stewart Nature Trail, of trails for mountain biking, horseback riding and off-road vehicles, picnic area, and two 18-hole disc golf courses.