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Homochitto National Forest
Mississippi

From the sounds of it, Homochitto National Forest would seem to be the last place you'd expect to find first-rate outdoor recreation. The forest records the highest level of timber production in the South. In addition, it's constantly being explored for oil and gas. More than 75 percent of the Mississippi oil wells on national forest land are in Homochitto.

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Despite this intensive resource use, the forest is jumping with opportunities for outdoor fun.

Homochitto National Forest is the first of Mississippi's six national forests. Established in 1936, it was named after the Homochitto River. Homochitto, meaning"big red," is the local Indian name for the river. The approximately 189,000-acre area is divided into two ranger districts — the Bude and the Homochitto — in the southwestern corner of the state, near Natchez.

Three recreation areas make for plenty of camping sites, and recreational hiking, biking, fishing, boating, swimming, hunting, and wildlife-viewing alternatives abound. The eastern half of the park is covered with an irregular terrain and loess soils, which provide for an unusually excellent trail system.


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