Golden Memorial State Park

About this park

Golden Memorial State Park, managed as a day-use-only unit under the administration of nearby Roosevelt State Park, memorializes the post-Civil War era through a preserved one-room schoolhouse that once stood on the property, offering visitors a tangible link to rural Mississippi education in the decades following Reconstruction. The modest scale of the park, a handful of picnic facilities clustered around a small lake, reflects its origins as a local commemorative site rather than a large-scale recreational destination. At the park's center sits a 15-acre spring-fed lake stocked with bass and bream, giving visitors a quiet, low-key fishing option without the crowds found at Mississippi's larger state park lakes. The surrounding grounds include two picnic pavilions, picnic tables, grills, and a network of nature trails that wind through the park's wooded acreage, offering a genuinely peaceful setting for a short visit. The park's signature natural feature is the Loblolly Trail, named for the second-largest loblolly pine tree recorded anywhere in the state of Mississippi, a genuinely impressive specimen that draws tree enthusiasts and casual hikers alike to see it firsthand. With no camping or overnight facilities of its own, Golden Memorial functions as a focused day-trip destination, combining a small piece of local history with simple outdoor recreation in a quiet corner of central Mississippi.