Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]While passenger train service is no longer available, Jackson has an advantageous position due to its central location between Memphis and Nashville on Interstate 40 for those traveling by car or bus.
- 1 Greyhound Bus Station, 1400 Highway 70 East, has daily bus services from Memphis and Nashville. Tel: +1 731 427-1573.
- 2 McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, 308 Grady Montgomery Dr, ☏ +1 855-268-8478. has limited service to destinations like Atlanta and St. Louis through an operator called Boutique Air.
Get around
[edit]- Jackson Transit Authority, 38 Eutah St, ☏ +1 731 423-0200. The city bus has several routes. $1.25 pay when boarding.
See
[edit]- 1 Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum, 30 Casey Jones Ln, ☏ +1 731 668-1222. M-Sa 10AM-5PM, Su 1-5PM. Possibly Jackson's biggest tourist attraction and popularized by "The Ballad of Casey Jones" by Johnny Cash, this museum portrays how a locomotive engineer named Casey Jones gave his life to save a train full of passengers from major loss of life during a collision. Also features his home, the train (replica), and Civil War railroad exhibits. $6.50 adults.
- 2 Rusty's TV & Movie Car Museum, 323 Hollywood Dr, ☏ +1 731 267-5881. F-Su 9AM-5PM. Has a lot of original cars that were used in film production, such as Ghostbusters and Scooby-Doo. $10 adults, $5 children.
- 3 Bemis Mill Village Museum, 2 N Missouri St, ☏ +1 731 423-9140. Museum about a former mill town pertaining to cotton that was just to the south of Jackson. Kind of a quiet place.
- 4 Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park, 460 Ozier Rd, ☏ +1 731 988-5614. Daily 8AM-4:30PM, may be open longer in summer. Ceremonial and burial Native American earthen mounds, with staircase to the top of one.
- 5 Liberty Garden Park & Arboretum, 24 Channing Way, ☏ +1 731 425-8399. A small park with a veterans memorial and some flower gardens.
Do
[edit]- 1 Cypress Grove Nature Park, 866 Airways Blvd, ☏ +1 731 425-8364. Daily 8AM-7PM (Spring/Summer). This is a pleasant getaway with boardwalks across swamps and sloughs, and an observation tower. Free.
- 2 Sky Zone Jackson, 65 E Park Square, ☏ +1 731 868-4418.
- Jackson Symphony Orchestra, 207 E Lafayette St, ☏ +1 731 427-6440.
Buy
[edit]- 1 Old Hickory Mall, 2021 N Highland Ave, ☏ +1 731 664-5319. M-Sa 10AM-9PM, Su noon-6PM. Not one of the most invigorating malls, but probably a fine specimen if you are doing a thesis on dying malls in America.
Eat
[edit]- 1 Dixie Cafe (Old Country Store), 56 Casey Jones Ln A, ☏ +1 731 668-1223. M-Th 6:30AM-8PM, F Sa 6:30AM-9PM. A popular buffet with Southern cooking that is part of the Casey Jones Museum complex.
Drink
[edit]- The Office Lounge, 82 Federal Dr, ☏ +1 731 668-9780.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Jackson, 1770 US-45 BYP, ☏ +1 731 664-6900. $132.
- 2 SureStay Plus Hotel by Best Western Jackson, 1936 US-45 BYP, ☏ +1 731 664-3030. $67.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]Routes through Jackson |
Memphis ← Bartlett ← | W E | → Dickson → Nashville |
Champaign ← Paducah ← Splits into and ← | N S | → Corinth → Tupelo |
Memphis ← Bartlett ← | W E | → Dickson → Nashville |