New Albany

Museums

Union County Heritage Museum

The 28th anniversary of the Union County Historical Society and Heritage Museum is being celebrated in 2019. First located in a former church sanctuary, the museum is now housed in a modern facility with six galleries, a library and a gift shop. Exhibits in "Frenchman's Bend", an outdoor exhibit area, give the visitor interactive experiences and a feel for Mississippi’s rural culture with the William Faulkner Literary Garden, the Storyteller's Chair, Varner's Country Store, a caboose, an early 20th century doctor’s office, a black smith shop, a 1950s auto body shop, agricultural exhibits and great public art. The museum complex occupies two city blocks in New Albany one block from the birthplace of Nobel Prize winning writer William Faulkner.

Admission: Free

Hours: Tuesday through Friday: 9 AM - 4 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 3 PM
Sunday and Monday: Closed

Address: 114 Cleveland Street, New Albany, MS 38652

Phone: (662) 538-0014

photo courtesy of Union County Heritage Museum

Nature

Tanglefoot Trail

Mississippi’s longest Rails to Trails conversion is a paved ten foot wide biking and hiking trail that meanders through the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area. The trail begins in historic downtown New Albany and continues 44 miles through scenic villages and countryside to its conclusion Houston, Mississippi. The trail is available for use free of charge every day of the year from a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset. You can bring your own bike or rent one in town. Transportation services available.

Hours: Open everyday from half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset.

Address: N Railroad Ave, New Albany, MS 38652 (New Albany trailhead)
Houston in Chickasaw County (Mile 0)
New Houlka in Chickasaw County (Mile 9.9)
Algoma in Pontotoc County (Mile 19.3)
Pontotoc in Pontotoc County (Mile 25.8)
Ecru in Pontotoc County (Mile 32.6)
Ingomar Community in Union County (Mile 37.1)
New Albany in Union County (Mile 43.6)

Phone: 662-489-2415

photo courtesy of Tanglefoot Trail

Park Along the River and Mississippi Arboretum

Address: 217 Carter Ave, New Albany, MS 38652-3322

Phone: (662) 534-4354

Sights & Landmarks

Ingomar Mounds

The Ingomar Mounds are the oldest documented man-made site in Union County dated to approximately 2,200 years ago. The Smithsonian archaeologists excavated the site in the middle 1880s, creating the map and taking hundreds of objects for its permanent collection. A selection of those objects is on loan from the Smithsonian to the Union County Heritage Museum and are currently on exhibit. Annual events are held for students and adults at the 63 acre Mound site owned by the non-profit Archaeological Conservancy.

Address: Ingomar Mounds, New Albany, MS 38652

photo courtesy of Fredlyfish4

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