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THINGS T O DO

• skate park GoOutdoorsGeorgia.com website  Pine Top Farm
• tot lot to purchase licenses and make Pine Top Farm is among the
• concession and campsite reservations. country’s premier event venues and
restroom facilities. was added to the National Register
4695 Fish Hatchery Road SE of Historic Places in 1996. Pine Top’s
William Eubanks Community Center & Park Dearing, GA 30808 gently rolling hills and sand-based
• in Dearing (706) 595-1684 footing provide the perfect setting for
• two lighted baseball/ spectacular equine events. Expertly
softball fields and two designed courses, trails, three sand
lighted tennis courts AGRICULTURE AND dressage arenas, and permanent
• outdoor basketball court AGRITOURISM stabling for 150 horses ropes Pine
• tot lot Thomson-McDuffie County has a long Top Farm in with the finest of
• skate park agricultural history that continues today. equestrian venues.
• community building, concession Several local farms and nurseries have
and restroom facilities. In addition to arenas, Pine Top
been in operation since the 1940s, such features several cross-country courses,
Vonteego Cummings Community Park as Dudley Nurseries, Hillcrest Farms, utilizing more than 200 acres of open
• outdoor basketball court and McCorkle Nurseries. Farming and pasture. The jumps are challenging
• tot lot growing continues to be a family affair in yet inviting.
• picnic area McDuffie County. Pine Top Farm is family owned, and

The Senior Center Hillcrest Farms is run by two brothers has hosted hundreds of prestigious
• on Greenway Street from the original family to own the farm events, including “The Pine Top Trials.”
• 7,700 square-foot building and is in the process of transitioning The farm proudly played a major
• two large multi-purpose rooms, into robotic milking, which includes an supporting role in the 1996 Centennial
a conference room, observation area. McCorkle Nurseries Olympic Games, hosting competing
horses from around the world.
and classrooms began as a one-stop retail, landscape,
• kitchen, picnic area with tables, and growing operation, and in 1977 the 1432 Augusta Road
and restroom facilities McCorkle family expanded into a 5-acre Thomson, GA 30824
Call (706) 595-7502 for reservations. www.pinetopfarm.com
plant farm and landscape company.
The county also offers Old Dearing Another family, the Dudley’s of R.A.
School, Gymnasium and Skate Park. Dudley Nurseries, has been growing for  White Hills Farm
Come out and enjoy a tour of the
around 80 years. If you are driving by the farm and a cup of tea made with White
 McDuffie Public Fishing Area nursery, they invite you to stop by and let Hills Lavender. You can also browse
McDuffie Public Fishing Area (PFA) is them show you around. By focusing on the gift shop that carries handmade
an excellent choice for a fun-filled day family, their customers, and the future, products made on the farm. Visit
outdoors with the family. Pit yourself these inspirational operations are great White Hills website and sign up for a
against bass, bream, and catfish at the examples of how to maintain tradition workshop or yoga retreat. The Farm is
McDuffie PFA, open daily from sunrise alongside growth and progress. open every Friday throughout lavender
to sunset, with overnight tent and RV and herb season, during which cottage
camping at designated sites. Seven  Thomson Farmers Market food offerings and goods from local
lakes from 5-37 acres are open for public and organic farms are available.
fishing. All ponds have concrete boat The Thomson Farmers Market begins 1419 Fort Creek Road
ramps with courtesy docks. the first Saturday in June from 8 a.m. Dearing, GA 30808
until noon in downtown Thomson and
Visitors can also enjoy covered picnic (706) 595-5081
pavilions, tables and grills, a variety runs each Saturday during the summer, whitehillsfarm.us/
of nature trails, and an archery range excluding the 4th of July, until the last
and tower with 3D targets. A 12-acre Saturday in July. The Market features
dove field is managed for quota hunts fresh, seasonal, local produce from area SHOPPING
permitted on Saturdays in September. farmers. The Thomson Farmers Market
The West Valley lakes are available for is a true producer’s market – farmer to  Shop Where I Live
waterfowl hunting during December, consumer. Non-consumable items and Brought to you by the Thomson-
Saturdays only. items not produced by the vendor are McDuffie Chamber of Commerce,
You must possess a fishing not allowed. To become a vendor for the Shop Where I Live combines the
license, hunting license, or a Land Market, please call the Chamber passion for buying local with the ease
Use Pass to use the area. Visit the at (706) 597-1000. of shopping online on a one-stop-shop

26 Thomson-McDuffie Newcomers Guide • Thomson-McDuffie Chamber of Commerce • www.thomsonmcduffiechamber.com • (706) 597-1000