ATTRACTIONS

Amusements

• Trapper's Gator Farm
  Highway 15 South • Laurel, MS 39440
  601-428-4967
  Just nine miles outside of Laurel is a wild world of animals! This seven acre farm includes a black bear, a lion, cougars, raccoons, fox, deer, goats, turtles and many alligators. You can even stand on the pier and feed hungry turtles or pet the alligators that Trapper breeds.   map

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Deason Home
  Deason and Anderson Street • Laurel, MS 39440
  601-477-8646
  This 1840's home is the oldest home in Jones County with beautiful architecture and fascinating tales associated with it.

• St. John's Episcopal Church (circa 1914)
  540 North Fifth Avenue • Laurel, MS 39440
  This Romanesque style church has as its' central design element the round arch which is found above the doorway, in the side windows, and inside supporting the roof. One of the major arches divides the altar from the congregation.   map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Landrum's Country Homestead & Village (circa 1871)
  Hwy. 15 S.
  601-649-2546
  Recreation of late 1800s settlement with chapel, general store, gem mine, cabins, jail gristmill, and mystery house. more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
  565 North Fifth Avenue • Laurel, MS 39441
  601-649-6374
  Features collections of American and European paintings, Native American baskets, English Georgian silver and Japanese Woodblock prints. more...  map