RECREATION

Recreation Areas

• Big Hart Recreation Area
  Located on Highway 78
  706-595-8613
  A day use recreation area that includes picnic shelters, a boat ramp, a swimming beach, and a children's playground. The recreation area is open from April 1st through October 15th.  map

Equine

• Pine Top Farm
  1393 Augusta Road • Thomson, GA 30824
  706-595-3792
  An eighth generation family farm that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this farm is one of the top placement and competitive facilities in the United States and the facilities include sand dressage arenas, cross country courses through the advanced level, and permanent event stabling for 150 horses. more...  map

Golf

• Belle Meade Country Club
  2660 Twin Pine Road • Thomson, GA 30824
  706-595-4511
  Belle Meade Country Club is a semi-prvate golf course that was renovated in 2005 and is open to the public. BMCC is an 18 hole golf course that is enjoyable for all caliber of golfers.  more...  map

Hunting

• Clarks Hill Lake Wildlife Management Area
  142 Bob Kirk Road • Thomson, GA 30824
  706-595-4222
  Owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this 15,000 acre area is known as one of the better waterfowl hunting reservoirs in the Piedmont of Georgia. The most common ducks on the lake include ring necked ducks, mallards, gadwalls, teal, and wood ducks. Hunting for deer, turkey, fox, bobcat, feral hog, and dove is also available.  map