Directions to Lake Thoreau

Lake Thoreau Environmental Center is only 0.8 miles off of West 4^th Street, west of Hattiesburg MS. Please see the directions below to determine which direction you are arriving from to enter our nature center.

Lake Thoreau is only 7 miles from The University of Southern Mississippi!

  

Directions from Hattiesburg/USM Campus

• Head west on 4^th Street for 6.2 miles 
• Turn right on Lake Thoreau Drive 
• Destination will be 0.8 miles on the right 

 

Directions from I-59

• Take exit 65B to merge onto US-98/Hardy St. toward Columbia, (continue on US-98W 2.2 miles)
• Turn right onto Cross Creek Parkway (past Chick-fil-a), (continue 0.8 miles) 
• Turn left onto 4^th Street (continue 2.5 miles) 
• Turn right on Lake Thoreau Drive
• Destination will be 0.8 miles on the right

Directions from Turtle Creek Mall

• Head north on Cross Creek Pkwy toward W. 4^th Street for 0.4 miles 
• Turn left on 4^th Street, continue on 4th Street (2.5 miles) 
• Turn right on Lake Thoreau Drive 
• Destination will be 0.8 miles on the right

Directions from Oak Grove High School

• Head north Old Highway 11 for 0.9 miles
• Pass through HWY 98, continue onto King Road (1.2 miles)
• Turn right onto Hatten Road (continue 0.4 miles)
• Turn right onto 4^th Street (continue 0.6 miles) 
• Turn left on Lake Thoreau Drive
• Destination will be 0.8 miles on the right