Pike County is home to
southwest Mississippi's premiere state park: Percy Quin State Park.
This natural beauty features great fishing and water sports on the
1,700-acre lake plus magnolia-shaded hiking trails and loblolly
pines. Bogue Chitto Water Park offers camping plus canoeing
and tubing through some of the state's most scenic landscapes.
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Pike County has
several golf courses, including Quail Hollow Championship Course
(rated TOP 10 public course by Golf Digest), public parks, tennis
courts, a bowling alley, movie theaters, abundant fishing and
hunting opportunities, public boat launches and piers, other
facilities, and saltwater fishing within one-hour drive.
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Pike County has a
flair for fun with many festivals and attractions. In March and
April, McComb sparkles at night during the Lighted Azalea Festival.
In April, the Pike County Arts Council hosts Springfest, complete
with food, arts, crafts and entertainment. May brings more flowers
during the Osyka Daylily Garden Tour. The annual Iron Horse Festival
combines the area's rail history with popular performers and fun for
the entire family. The Summit Street Fair in September and the Osyka
Fall Fest in October are just a couple more of the many ways to have
fun here.
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The Pike County Arts
Association, the Pike County Little Theater, and the Southwest MS
Art guild offer a full menu of cultural activities, including
regular Broadway plays, symphony, ballet, and celebrity chef and
author appearances, among other events.
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Pike County Speedway -
A 3/8-mile high-banked oval track which is one of the most popular
in the mid-South. The Speedway is host to many special auto racing
events, including dirt drags, Hav-A-Tampa and World of Outlaws
events.
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Felder's Campground -
For 152 years a camp meeting has been held by Methodists at the
campground on the banks of the Topisaw Creek. One of the few
remaining old-time campgrounds in America, a ten-day meeting in late
July draws thousands of the children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren of earlier residents of the
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