Flint Creek Water Park
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Flint Creek Water Park, located in Wiggins, Mississippi
, is part of the Pat Harrison Waterway District, which is a Mississippi State Agency providing outdoor recreation and management of the Pascagoula River Basin. The purpose of the nine water park
s located in southeast and east-central Mississippi is to provide flood control, water management, and recreation. The 600 acres (2.4 km²) Flint Creek Reservoir is created by an earthen dam impounding the headwaters of Flint Creek, which flows south into Red Creek, a tributary
of the Pascagoula River
.
The 1900 acres (7.7 km²) Flint Creek Water Park provides a wide assortment of outdoor recreation
al opportunities, most focusing on water sports. The lake is stocked with popular southern sporting fish: largemouth bass
, bluegill
, crappie
, and catfish
. The swimming area, which is seasonally open, features several water slides suitable for either children or adults. A nature trail provides visitors with an opportunity to enjoy outdoor scenery, plants, and wildlife. There are several options for over-night visitors— 156 Class A RV campsites, 40 primitive campsites, 34 vacation cabins and 12 camphouses. A picnic area with tables and barbecue
pits is also available for day use.
Two annual events are very popular with both visitors and the local community. A fire-works display celebrates the Fourth of July, and a haunted forest is offered the Saturday before Halloween
.
The Flint Creek Water Park is about 2 miles (3 kilometers) away from the Wiggins business district (via Highway 29), which provides a full complement of basic services. The Water Park is about 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the Mississippi Gulf Coast
, accessible via U.S. Route 49
.
Wiggins, Mississippi
Wiggins is a city in Stone County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,849 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Stone County.-History:...
, is part of the Pat Harrison Waterway District, which is a Mississippi State Agency providing outdoor recreation and management of the Pascagoula River Basin. The purpose of the nine water park
Water park
A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds , lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments...
s located in southeast and east-central Mississippi is to provide flood control, water management, and recreation. The 600 acres (2.4 km²) Flint Creek Reservoir is created by an earthen dam impounding the headwaters of Flint Creek, which flows south into Red Creek, a tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Pascagoula River
Pascagoula River
The Pascagoula River is a river, about 80 mi long, in southeastern Mississippi in the United States. The river drains an area of about 8,800 sq mi and flows into Mississippi Sound of the Gulf of Mexico....
.
The 1900 acres (7.7 km²) Flint Creek Water Park provides a wide assortment of outdoor recreation
Outdoor recreation
Outdoor recreation or outdoor activity is leisure pursuits engaged in outside, especially in natural or semi-natural settings out of town...
al opportunities, most focusing on water sports. The lake is stocked with popular southern sporting fish: largemouth bass
Largemouth bass
The largemouth bass is a species of black bass in the sunfish family native to North America . It is also known as widemouth bass, bigmouth, black bass, bucketmouth, Potter's fish, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, linesides, Oswego bass, southern largemouth...
, bluegill
Bluegill
The Bluegill is a species of freshwater fish sometimes referred to as bream, brim, or copper nose. It is a member of the sunfish family Centrarchidae of the order Perciformes.-Range and distribution:...
, crappie
Crappie
Crappie is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. The type species is P. annularis, the white crappie...
, and catfish
Channel catfish
Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States they are the most fished catfish species with approximately 8...
. The swimming area, which is seasonally open, features several water slides suitable for either children or adults. A nature trail provides visitors with an opportunity to enjoy outdoor scenery, plants, and wildlife. There are several options for over-night visitors— 156 Class A RV campsites, 40 primitive campsites, 34 vacation cabins and 12 camphouses. A picnic area with tables and barbecue
Barbecue
Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...
pits is also available for day use.
Two annual events are very popular with both visitors and the local community. A fire-works display celebrates the Fourth of July, and a haunted forest is offered the Saturday before Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
.
The Flint Creek Water Park is about 2 miles (3 kilometers) away from the Wiggins business district (via Highway 29), which provides a full complement of basic services. The Water Park is about 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Mississippi Gulf Coast refers to the three Mississippi counties which lie on the Gulf of Mexico: Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties.The region was severely damaged by Hurricane Camille in 1969 and again by Hurricane Katrina in 2005....
, accessible via U.S. Route 49
U.S. Route 49
U.S. Route 49 is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Piggott, Arkansas, at an intersection with U.S. Route 62. Its southern terminus is in Gulfport, Mississippi, at an intersection with U.S. Route 90. US 49 is approximately 516 miles in length.It...
.