De Soto National Forest
The De Soto National Forest is a National Forest , the southern part of the US state of Mississippi is located. The forest covers an area of 1532 km², of which 190 km² are designated as wilderness . These are the Leaf River Wilderness with 170 km² and the Black Creek Wilderness with 20 km². The Leaf River flows at its border and is home to the rare yellow-spotted mute turtle .
The De Soto National Forest stretches between Hattiesburg in the north and Gulfport in the south on the Gulf of Mexico .
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Coordinates: 31 ° 4 ′ 1 ″ N , 88 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ W.