Puskus Lake Trail
The Puskus Lake Recreation Area in Holly Springs National Forest near Oxford, Mississippi consists of the namesake lake and the surrounding forest. The recreation area includes a campground, boat launch, a stretch of accessible shoreline, and a hiking trail. A footbridge on the trail The hiking trail is supposed to be a 1.7-mile interpretive trail, but nearly all of the interpretive signs are gone, and even the two trailheads are not well marked. The trail shape is somewhat odd, with two separate trailheads and a loop section ( see this map - not the west spur doesn't really seem to exist anymore, except for a short 50-foot walk to a bench). There is also a short trail between the campground and day use area, so when this is combined with the 1.7-mile trail and the campground road and day use area road, make for about a 2.5-mile walk. The trail itself is very easy and mostly flat, though there is one section that goes to one of the trailheads up a hill. Overall, the
