Reservoir Overlook & Chisha Foka Trail, Milepost 105.6
in Alabama
Reservoir Overlook provides a view of the vast, 33,000 acre Ross Barnett lake that serves as Mississippi's largest source of drinking water. The lake water is an impoundment of the Pearl River. The reservoir is the home of alligators and many water birds.
This overlook is the northern terminus for the Chisha Foka Multi-Use Trail, a 10-mile paved path that runs through historic Choctaw homelands. Named in honor of the Choctaw town that stood where the city of Jackson is today, Chisha Foka (chee-sha-foe-ka) translates to “among the post oaks.” Today, trail users can enjoy the recreational opportunities and the trees, wildflowers, and wildlife of this protected greenspace in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
- States
- Alabama
- Trail type
- Parkway trail
- Centroid nearest city
- New Orleans, LA · 174 mi · ~5 hr drive
- Centroid coords
- 32.4655°, -90.0595°
About Natchez Trace Parkway
This trail is inside Natchez Trace Parkway, a parkway managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/reservoir-overlook.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/natr/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Reservoir Overlook & Chisha Foka Trail, Milepost 105.6 and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
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Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.