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The 5 Best Nature & Parks in Vicksburg, Mississippi (MS)
Sitting high atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers, the city of Vicksburg was the setting of a bloody 47 day siege during the Civil War. The site of this epic battle is now Vicksburg National Military Park, preserving original fortifications and the U.S.S. Cairo, an ironclad gunboat that once prowled the waters of the Mississippi River. Vicksburg is also the place where Coca-Cola was first bottled, a fact that is happily immortalized at the Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum.
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1. Vicksburg National Military Park
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4.5 based on 3,023 reviews
1800 acres of now peaceful countryside, this park was once the scene of a bloody 47-day Civil War battle.
Reviewed By pamgoes
There are several tour options available: self-guided Driving tour using the included brochure and map, cell phone driving tour, an audio tour CD (purchased at the Visitor’s Center for $15), the Civil War Trust Vicksburg app (free), or the licensed park Tour Guides. We were on an excursion with the American Queen and had a licensed park tour guide, Harry McMillin. He was phenomenal! Our tour began with a viewing of a short film which gave a realistic re-enactment and review of the battle at Vicksburg during the Civil War. The tour is mostly a driving tour with stops to view impressive markers erected by the states whose soldiers fought the war and to get an idea of the strategies for the campaigns. Also on sight is the USS Cairo Gunboat and Museum where the salvaged ironclad, Cairo, can be viewed. We spent three + hours in the park and learned so much more than I thought possible. Harry is a font of knowledge with many educational and interesting stories to tell. It is clear he loves his job and we are grateful that he shares his knowledge with us so well.
2. Tara Wildlife
3. Catfish Row Children's Art Park
4. Linden Plantation Gardens
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4.5 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
On our past visits to Vicksburg, Mississippi, my wife and I have always made it a point to tour the Linden Plantation Gardens. Not this time. Or ever again. "One of the loveliest landscapes in America," as it has been described, the Vick family's pride and joy has stopped conducting tours of the eight acres of lavish grounds and has closed the Bed-and-Breakfast due to health issues caused by COVID-19. Located at 505 Duncan Road, southeast of Vicksburg, Follow a sunken road back in time to visit an 1820s plantation founded by the Vick family that founded Vicksburg and passed down through four generations to the present owners. There is so much to see and smell...a 1790 Creole plantation home with furniture, china and paintings from the original period, over 750 azaleas leading to a formal entrance that is flanked by four 160-year-old magnolia trees. In this garden-like atmosphere, Union troops once camped when marching to Vicksburg in 1863 and tended their wounded following battles at nearby Champions Hill, Raymond and Big Black River. The Linden plantation dates to 1827 but the formal gardens were created out of cow pastures in 1994, then opened to the public. Like many of the historic relics of the antebellum south, they are gone with the wind.
