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LeFleur's Bluff State Park is a public recreation area located on the banks of the Pearl River off Interstate 55 within the city limits of Jackson, Mississippi. The state park is home to a 50-acre (20 ha) lake, the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science , and the Mississippi Children's Museum .
Jackson is the only city in Mississippi with a population exceeding 100,000 people. Founded in 1821 as new state capital for Mississippi, Jackson is named after General Andrew Jackson, a war hero in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and subsequently the seventh U.S. president.
This is a list of Mississippi state parks. As of 2024 [update] , the state park system of the U.S. state of Mississippi comprises 24 state parks and one natural area. [ 1 ]
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The Mississippi Braves are gearing up for their last season playing in the Trustmark Park stadium. April 9 will mark the first game of the baseball team's 20th and final season playing in Pearl.
The tradition of a one-off game in the Jackson area has existed since 1980, when it was known as the Mayor's Trophy and played in Jackson proper: it was moved to Pearl when Trustmark Park opened in 2005 and thus renamed. As of 2023, the Bulldogs lead the overall neutral-site series 23–19, with a 10–5 lead in games played in Pearl.
The Jackson Zoo is in the historic 110-acre (0.45 km 2) Livingston Park and welcomes approximately 85,000 visitors annually from Mississippi and surrounding states. 20,000 school children make their way to the zoo throughout the school year.