| Wall Doxey State Park | |||||||||||||||||||
| Photo Width: | 280 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Photo Alt: | Lakeside boardwalk | ||||||||||||||||||
| Map: | USA Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relief: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label: | Wall Doxey State Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Marshall County, Mississippi, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coords: | 34.6648°N -89.4627°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area: | land; water | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 338feet | ||||||||||||||||||
| Established: | 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Free Label: | Named for | ||||||||||||||||||
| Free Data: | Senator Wall Doxey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Designation: | Mississippi state park | ||||||||||||||||||
| Administrator: | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website: | Wall Doxey State Park | ||||||||||||||||||
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Wall Doxey State Park is a public recreation area located off Mississippi Highway 7, 7miles south of Holly Springs, Mississippi. The state park is centered on 60acres Spring Lake. It is named for white Democrat politician Wall Doxey.
Wall Doxey State Park is one of the original state parks built in Mississippi in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Originally known as Spring Lake, the park was the eighth park in Mississippi created by the CCC. The CCC began work 1935; the park opened in 1938. Workers with the National Youth Administration also contributed to the park's development, adding a cabin in 1938. In 1956, the park was renamed in honor of Mississippi politician Wall Doxey.
The park features lake fishing, primitive and developed campsites, cabins and cottage, 2.5miles nature trail, picnic area, and two disc golf courses. A narrow levee surrounds a third of the spring-fed lake which, in its shallows, has cypresses and dense vegetation.