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2500 mile trail. Eventually, we prefer to be ferried westward over the river to the old rail trail. However, a Northern option at Wilkerson?s Ferry is also shown on the master map. Tenporarily, a quiet highway bridge at the southern end of the tract must be used.
The fabulous Wyatt Hills are another reason for extending the presently established canoe trail, and they are easily reached by land. These bluffs just off University lands at mile mark 35 are, believe it or not, comparable to those at the Jeff Busby Park 180 miles to the north. To us deprived souls in southern Mississippi, they provide therapeutic visual and physical exhilaration and relief from coastal flat-land monotony. There is no way to train for mountain clintoing other than by clinbing. The area has high priority in the Mississippi Natural Heritage Preservation Program. Recently in the space of an hour we saw deer, beaver, pine, hardwoods cypress swamps and, best of all, the beautiful creek. Placing these hills on the multiple-tjipe trail is bound to bring people in from all over and help keep Mississippi outdoors people in Mississippi.
The hiking trail through the remaining 35 miles of the National Forest will maintain the high quality of that further east. Parts have been considered for National Roadless Areas (RAHE) and parts as a Natural Stream. At present this trail is segmented, but it is likely that the YAOC's (successor to the old OOC?s) now on the forest could join the parts within a year or two. Thus perhaps 100 miles of actual hiking and canoeing can be quickly achieved. Both the foot and bike trails can take advantage of the five delightful National Ibrest recreation areas and primitive camps now part of the well developed canoe trail.
In surmary, the proposed Pasoagoula-Black Creek, multiple-type trail would qualify as a National Scenic Trail and make new areas available to Mississippians. Costs for an initial trail would be minimal. With good initial progress, it should be possible to raise the monies to complete and hone it into one of the finest portions of the national Bart ram Trail.