Ella Sharp Park — Attraction in Jackson

A Wonderful Visit to the Ella Sharp Museum!

My wife and I recently visited the Ella Sharp Museum to see the traveling exhibit on Julia Child, and we had a fantastic time. The exhibit was fascinating and well put together, offering great insights into Julia Child's life and her incredible impact on cooking. We also took some time to explore the stationary museum exhibits on the history of Jackson, which, while brief, were very interesting and gave a nice snapshot of the local history.

We decided to skip the wildlife exhibit this time, but we will not checking it out on a future visit. It was just not us. The museum grounds looked absolutely beautiful, and we can't wait to return during the summer to fully explore them when the weather is warmer. It’s clear that the outdoor spaces offer a lot of potential for leisurely walks and enjoying nature.

Unfortunately, we missed out on the planetarium due to timing, but that just gives us another reason to come back. Overall, the Ella Sharp Museum is a charming and enriching place to visit. We’re looking forward to...

I've been going to Ella Sharp Park for well over ten year's, riding and walking the Trails. I'm currently in the process of getting a long abandoned area of Trail reopened and have been working on this for over two year's. I had one area just reopened when a Severe Thunderstorm came through bringing down several Tree's forcing me to look for another area to get access and found it hidden and I started working little by little just using my hands. I've gone as far as I can go, the Trails are walkable just need some more man power with the proper tool's to be able to get it more opened to be rideable. I was just able to find another opening to get back into the original area that I had opened last year, and these Trail Pathways do connect with the new area of Trails, this area of Trails is not the same as it was over a decade ago because of downed Tree's and limbs, the original Trail Pathways are all still there, I got as much reopened as humanly possible and still got a...

Went to the playground area across from the museum, there were lots of kids having fun, the area is clean, and well maintained. They have a separate area for children ages 2 to 11, and an area for kids ages 12 and up. The only thing about this park is a lot of people come there to smoke weed while their kids play, we had this happen to us while we were there and I made a point to tell the two ladies, we could smell the weed they were smoking and they just began being confrontational. I called the police and I want to encourage any parent that notices people using drugs at the playground to report by calling the police in order to make this a safer place for all children to play. This playground is used by the YMCA youth groups, churches, elderly clubs, and many other functions for the community, let's not allow a small group of people to ruin these safe areas for...