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National Parks in Mississippi.

Mississippi's NPS network at a glance — units, designations, visit totals, and what shapes the visiting season.

By Nicholas Major · Last updated

Mississippi has more than five NPS units, anchored by Vicksburg National Military Park, the Natchez Trace Parkway (444 miles, shared with Alabama and Tennessee), and Gulf Islands National Seashore (shared with Florida). Other units include Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, Tupelo National Battlefield, Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, and Natchez National Historical Park. Jackson (JAN) is the main anchor airport; Memphis (MEM, Tennessee) reaches the northern parkway end; Gulfport (GPT) anchors the state's Gulf Islands unit. The parkway is open year-round but seasonal hours apply at headquarters and visitor centers. Mississippi's NPS network is heavily Civil War, parkway-driving, and Gulf Coast — winter and spring are the most comfortable visiting windows; summer Gulf humidity and tropical-storm risk are significant.

Every NPS unit in Mississippi.

Mississippi's 10 NPS units: 2 National Monuments · 2 National Military Parks · 1 National Battlefield Site · 1 National Seashore · 1 National Historical Park · 1 Parkway · 1 National Scenic Trail · 1 National Battlefield. Combined 5-year-average annual visits: 14,838,641 (multi-state units count their full visits in every state they touch — see methodology). The most-visited unit is Natchez Trace Parkway at about 7.02M annual visits.

UnitDesignation5-yr avg visitsBusiest month
Natchez Trace Parkway ParkwayNATR 7,017,870 October
Gulf Islands National Seashore National SeashoreGUIS 6,959,985 July
Vicksburg National Military Park National Military ParkVICK 391,810 May
Shiloh National Military Park National Military ParkSHIL 372,782 May
Natchez National Historical Park National Historical ParkNATC 49,002 May
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument National MonumentMEMY 40,906 June
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument National MonumentTILL 3,638 June
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site National Battlefield SiteBRCR 2,027 August
Tupelo National Battlefield National BattlefieldTUPE 621 August
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail National Scenic TrailNATT — —

Methodology

Unit list and per-unit visit counts come from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025. The "5-year average visits" column is the mean of 2021-2025 Recreation Visits. Multi-state NPS units (Yellowstone, Death Valley, Great Smoky Mountains and others) are listed under every state they touch; the per-unit visit count is the unit's total, not a per-state share. Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.

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Last updated · 2026-05-19