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VtownStrider - May 4, 2011 7:00 pm Date Climbed: May 1, 2011
Sherpa left at home!!This is #5 in my quest to hike all 50 states, it was part of multi state trip. The choice of states was totally random and I saw some horrible devastation created by the tornado's that hit a week earlier, I can't begin to describe that part. The summit was exciting no matter how small the elevation. The sign on top was very nice!!
BConley - Apr 10, 2011 4:16 pm Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2010
Mississippi HPEasy to find. New rock monument was nice.
Steve Gruhn - Jan 18, 2011 4:54 pm Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2001
HP # 26Drive up.
Holsti97 - Nov 10, 2010 7:10 am Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2010
Meeting of the BadgersWe got up early since we had to drive to Atlanta to fly home from our 5 state Highpointing trip. Drove to the summit at about 7 AM and found a pick-up truck with Wisconsin license plates and a couple taking pictures of the new summit boulder/marker. Met fellow Highpointer Kenny Pokora and his wife and had a nice visit. Kenny has a long climbing resume including 6 of the 7 summits and has done the 50 State highpoints almost 3X. It's a small world. State HP #46 for me and #29 for my wife.
kavak - Oct 11, 2010 6:51 pm Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2010
Summit RoadI took the opportunity of attending my first State Highpointers Konvention because I hadn't been to Woodall Mountain. It was a very pleasant experience including the summit hike to the top. A large rock was unveiled with a commemorative plaque on the summit with the owners and news media present. I know people have dissed the mountain on more than one occasion but it certainly is a better experience now with the cleanup and the summit rock.
mlandau3 - Jul 31, 2010 5:15 pm Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010
Eleventh Of Eleven This Tripi lived in mississippi for a while - i was not surprised that all there was at the high point were some towers and a usgs marker with an empty beer bottle next to it
dsprice - Jun 6, 2010 12:54 pm Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2010
HP#3*Hats off to the Highpointers for the cleanup and memorialization of the summit. I am humbled that while I griped, others took action. Great job.*
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I am a Southerner, but widely-travelled. I am still frustrated by my experience on Woodall Mountain, a neglected and disregarded site that has potential to be more than it has become. The sign that once marked this summit is gone, and picnic tables installed decades ago are crumbling. Worse, the vegetation is controlled with herbicide, which was acrid and pungent when we arrived. I'm not disappointed with the hill, just in the prevailing attitudes of some people down here that allow our green places to fall into spoil and decline.
We hiked (walked) the southern approach, which is the gravel road. It is the site of decades of illegal dumping, and the trucks that drive the road DO NOT anticipate hikers. It looks like the north entrance is the better option in hindsight.
Ate a good cheeseburger at Stagg's Grocery in Florence, AL on the way home (found it on Roadfood.com). Worth the stop if you are heading back that way.
6340298 - Apr 6, 2010 9:59 am Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2008
Clineb it & Wrote about itI climbed Woodall and wrote a book about it.
Check it out at amazon.com - "Climbing Woodall Mountain"
Tracy - Apr 5, 2010 11:03 pm Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2010
Hp #29Did this state highpoint with my son, Lance after driving up the Natchez Trace Parkway from Ross Barnett Reservoir. Also visited the summit of Little Mountain (601 ft.) in Jeff Busby picnic area in Choctaw County. Beautiful weather and arrived on top of Woodall right before sunset.
kteichert - Feb 1, 2010 11:14 am Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2010
HP #5Most unimpressive state highpoint yet. Had a difficult time finding it, for lack of signage. Directions from lady at a Subway, "25 minutes up the road, you'll pass a Bingo House, and the road is on your left." Other state highpoints I've seen are well marked, and the state takes pride in their highest point. This one was very unheralded.
IHaveArrived - Jan 20, 2010 2:37 am Date Climbed: Oct 28, 2009
HP #13I drove to the top, snapped a picture of the USGS marker, did the obligatory hmmm look around, and then headed off to Alabama.
BadgerSummitSeeker - Aug 27, 2009 6:59 pm Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2008
HP # 10Nice view from the top of N. Mississippi. As people have mentioned there's a lot of litter up here but I'm really grateful that the owners have allowed access to continue.
jeffh25 - Jul 14, 2009 3:35 pm Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2009
Ehhhh.Nice view in the cut-out for the power lines otherwise, not so much. I realize Mississippi has bigger problems but throw in a sign or a historical marker or something.
osatrik - Jul 3, 2009 2:57 pm Date Climbed: Feb 28, 1987
SHP #17, in 1987Vanessa and my trip to the highpoint of Mississippi included a memorable lunch in the cafe at Iuka and a visit to the Shiloh Battlefield. Woodall was number 17 of the state highpoints we visited together, and of the 49 state highpoints I eventually summited.
maddie77777 - Feb 17, 2009 11:13 am Date Climbed: Feb 15, 2009
My least favorite HP so farIt would be nice to have a sign or something at the top. As it is, there's just the survey marker and a bunch of antennas. # 17 for me.
skinnywhitecomic - Jan 3, 2009 8:02 pm Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2009
HP #11Nothing too difficult with this one...even my Camaro made it to the top!
Ilafan - Jun 25, 2008 8:18 pm Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2008
Top of MississippiEr...um...ah...Mississippi has very nice people and campgrounds. Woodall Mountain, maybe not so much.
highlandvillager - May 21, 2008 12:06 pm Date Climbed: May 18, 2008
Needs some TLCWe didn't see a good place to park by the main road and wound up just driving to the top. Sprucing up this place would make a good project for a local Eagle Scout. HP8
tioga - Apr 14, 2008 1:15 pm Date Climbed: Apr 13, 2008
PowerlineDrove to the top and then walked down the powerline and climbed back up. Met some native Mississippians on the powerline who were concerned with their land. They were nice and gentle folk but wanted to make sure that I wasn't up to something fishy. Relaxing area.
jimegan - Feb 7, 2008 4:13 pm Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2007
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