Saint Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge
\n<\/b>Saint Catherine Creek refuge is a 24,589-acre refuge located in southwest Mississippi.\u00a0It “contains a diverse array of habitat types consisting of bottomland hardwoods, cypress swamps, upland hardwoods on the loess [a type of sediment] bluffs.”Here is their website<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/b>Phone\u00a0601-442 6696\u00a0\u00a0Map<\/a>\u00a0 Brochure<\/a>
\n<\/a>Magnolia Trail, a National Recreation Trail, <\/b>\u00a0is 8.3 miles of trails that are “a great hiking and learning experience for visitors of all ages. The trails pass through a diversity of southwest Mississippi habitats, including loess bluff hills and native wetlands. Highlights include a cypress overlook, observation deck, and photography blind. Benches along the trail provide opportunities to rest and watch wildlife. ”\u00a0 Map<\/a>
\n<\/a>Cabin Road Hiking Trail\u00a0 is an ATV trail used by hunters during designated refuge hunts.\u00a0 Off-road vehicle are only allowed on the trail at that time.\u00a0 that is also frequented by hikers. The 2.2 mile trail “runs along the base of the loess bluffs and through a variety of habitats, including a cypress swamp. This trail is flat and accessible to all abilities.”\u00a0 Better call to be sure this trail is suitable for your wheelchair, if you use one.
\nThere is a 3 mile nature trail which, according to the kind person who replied to my query, varies in difficulty: \u00a0“The lower section of the trail (South Trailhead) would be better suited for elderly hikers, as there is a .5 mile section (trailhead to photo blind\/rookery) that is flat terrain, with one hill that has a gradual incline.\u00a0 If hikers went to the photoblind\/rookery it would be an approximate 1 mile hike roundtrip.\u00a0 Along the way there is a cypress overlook, open fields for viewing wildlife, benches, a small water impoundment and a small rookery, which has an enclosed photoblind.\u00a0 Be aware that critters can make their way into the photoblinds, so depending on the season, check carefully for wasps, spiders and potentially snakes before entering blinds. \u00a0\u00a0The surface of the trail is limestone rock, so wheelchairs should also have little to no difficulty with this section of the trail.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saint Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge Saint Catherine Creek refuge is a 24,589-acre refuge located in southwest Mississippi.\u00a0It “contains a diverse array of habitat types consisting of bottomland hardwoods, cypress swamps, upland hardwoods on the loess [a type of sediment] bluffs.”Here is their website.\u00a0 Phone\u00a0601-442 6696\u00a0\u00a0Map\u00a0 Brochure Magnolia Trail, a National Recreation Trail, \u00a0is 8.3 … Continue reading Saint Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mississippi-federal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3685"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8873,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685\/revisions\/8873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}