WOODVILLE — A little more than an hour outside of Natchez and 20 miles west of Woodville, a Mississippi rarity can be found — waterfalls.

Clark Creek Nature Area is home to some 50 waterfalls that range in size and have carved out a landscape that is uncharacteristic of a typical Mississippi forest and more closely resembles the karst topography of the Ozarks with its ridges and cascades.

But Louisiana State University students Adam Guidry and Robert Davis didn’t care about that, they were just happy to be outside and have a memorable last day of summer.

“I spend a lot of time outside,” Guidry said. “But not like this.”

Clark Creek remains relatively untouched by man with his only fingerprint being the trails and wooden staircases.

It is a far cry from the nature they experience back in Baton Rouge.

“No matter where you are in the city there’s still the sounds of the city,” Davis said. “There is the sound of cars and the constant noise pollution.”

The guys were out at the nature area with several others friends and had spent the day walking the trails that it has to offer.

Being out in the woods illuminated for Guidry a problem that many people have.

“I would love to be out here and hiking way more,” he said. “But when you live in the city, it is hard.”

For Guidry and Davis, the forest represents a vacation from an inorganic world to one that is purely organic.

“Out here it’s just nature,” Guidry said. “Everything you see, smell and touch.”

The area is opened during daylight hours to the public year round and costs $4 a car.