Corinth & Alcorn County

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Corinth and Alcorn County is a community abundant in recreational opportunities for visitors and residents. The Corinth Hiking/Biking Trail begins at Trailhead Park in Historic Downtown Corinth and winds its way through Civil War sites, historic homes and other points of interest. Trailhead Park amenities include public restrooms, an entertainment/ lecture platform, benches, interpretive exhibits, bike racks, and parking. Many golf courses are available in the area to challenge the avid golfer's skills. Hillandale Golf Course is a pay-as-you-play public golf course with an 18-hole golf course with MS Supreme Bermuda greens, a pro shop, and cart stalls available to rent for private carts. The course is open for play from April – November Wednesday through Sunday. Shiloh Ridge Athletic Club is a semi-private facility offering everything an active lifestyle demands. They have a health club facility, indoor & outdoor swimming pools, fitness classes including aerobics, Pilates, spin, and yoga, an on-staff personal trainer/nutritionist, an 18-hole championship golf course (open to the public), and four Rubico composition tennis courts. Whispering Pines Golf Course is another course in Alcorn County. The 9-hole golf course is a semi-private golf course that opened in 1986. It offers Bermuda grass greens, golf cart rentals and boasts a new clubhouse with a restaurant. Four state parks offer camping, picnicking, canoe rentals, fishing, and seasonal swimming. Nearby, Pickwick Lake provides over 40,000 acres for water skiing, boating, sailing, fishing, camping, and golf. Tuscumbia Wildlife Refuge supplies over 2,600 acres for hunting (dove, quail, duck, squirrel, and deer). Corinth boasts two seasonal Farmer's Markets as well as The Green Market, which is a local merchants' market that runs from April to October. Alcorn County also has many you-pick-it farms and flower farms in the area for the nature loving visitor or resident. 34

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