Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is over 48,000 acres located in Noxubee, Oktibbeha, and Winston Counties. Habitats provided at the refuge include bottomland hardwood forest communities, green-tree reservoirs, two lakes, 16 small impoundments, and assorted wetland areas. “The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker relies on the refuge for its existence in east-central Mississippi.”
Here is the Refuge website. Phone 662-323-5548 Map
The refuge has 11 trails, 7 of them listed as “gentle”. Surfaces vary from native, gravel, boardwalk, and concrete. Here is a video about the refuge.
Bluff Lake Boardwalk is just under 1000′ long. It “winds through a cypress island at the edge of Bluff Lake. ” A good trail for observing birds.
Cypress Cove Recreational Boardwalk is a little over 500 feet in length and allows access to Bluff Lake for fishing, sightseeing, or birdwatching, or just a different view. “It takes the visitor into a cypress grove on the edge of Bluff Lake and into the domain of the alligators and water dwelling creatures.”