Percy Quin State Park | |
Photo Width: | 280 |
Photo Alt: | Colorful sunset |
Map: | USA Mississippi |
Relief: | 1 |
Label: | Percy Quin State Park |
Location: | Pike County, Mississippi, United States |
Coords: | 31.1919°N -90.5671°W |
Elevation: | 328feet |
Established: | 1935 |
Free Label: | Named for |
Free Data: | U.S. Representative Percy Quin |
Designation: | Mississippi state park |
Administrator: | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks |
Percy Quin State Park is a public recreation area located off Interstate 55, approximately southwest of McComb, Mississippi. The state park surrounds 490acres Lake Tangipahoa, an impoundment of the Tangipahoa River.
The park is one of the nine original state parks built in Mississippi by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Work on the park began in 1935, with the construction of the dam that created Lake Tangipahoa initiated in 1936. The park was named after Mississippi politician Percy Quin.
The park features boating, waterskiing, and fishing, a conference center, primitive and developed campsites, cabins, villas, and lodge, a 4miles nature trail, a picnic area, and an 18-hole golf course, Quail Hollow.