Why Famous

• Whether you enjoy gambling in casinos, tanning on beaches, or exploring rich blues music culture, mississippi has it all.
• The northwest remainder of the state consists of the mississippi delta, a section of the mississippi alluvial plain.
• The plain is narrow in the south and widens north of vicksburg.
• Most of mississippi is part of the east gulf coastal plain.
• Small amounts of snow fall in northern and central mississippi.

Destination Facts

• Mississippi is a state located in the southern united states. jackson is the state capital and largest city. 
• The state's name comes from the mississippi river, which flows along its western boundary.
• The state is heavily forested outside of the mississippi delta area. 
• Its catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the united states.
• The state symbol is the magnolia tree.

Area Information

• The state of mississippi has a total of five metropolitan statistical areas (msas).
• That are fully or partially located in the state.
• 17 of the state's 82 counties are classified by the united states census bureau as metropolitan. 

Why Visit Mississippi

• Exciting vacation in a geographically diverse and historical area.
• Outdoor enthusiasts can canoe down Black Creek.
• Go hiking and rock climbing in Tishomingo State Park.
• The region has rich soil, partly made up of silt.
• Which had been regularly deposited by the floodwaters of the Mississippi River.
• Mississippi allows unlimited licensing for riverboat casinos as long as they are permanently docked.

Best Time to Visit Mississippi

• Autumn is a really nice time for mississippi travel.
• The winter months are the best time for a mississippi fishing trip.
• Each season in mississippi has its pluses and minuses just as most destinations do.

Transport

Road:-

• Mississippi is served by eight interstate highways: Interstate 10, 20, 22, 55, 59, 69, 110, 220, 269
• Main U.S. Routes: U.S. Route 11, 45, 49, 51, 61, 72, 78, 80, 82, 84, 90, 98, 278, 425.

Rail:-

• Amtrak provides scheduled passenger service along two routes, the Crescent and City of New Orleans.

Freight:-

• All but one of the United States Class I railroads serve Mississippi (the sole exception is the Union Pacific):
      * Canadian National Railway's Illinois Central Railroad subsidiary provides north-south service.
      * BNSF Railway has an east-west line across northern Mississippi.
      * Kansas City Southern Railway provides east-west service in the middle of the state and north-south service along the Alabama state line.
      * Norfolk Southern Railway provides service in the extreme north and southeast.
      * CSX has a line along the Gulf Coast.
  
  

Precautions

• Travellers should be aware that the US shares with the rest of the world an increased threat from terrorist incidents.
• Travellers should also be alert to the dangers of car and street crime in cities
• Should use common sense and take basic precautions.

Lifestyle

• Mississippi has been especially known for its music and literature.
• It has embraced other forms of art, too.
• The magnolia independent film festival, still held annually in starkville, is the first and oldest in the state.
• Music-musicians of the state's delta region were historically significant to the development of the blues.

Languages

• English

Budget

$50-$200