RECREATION
Kenan Park
Main Street, Kenansville 910.296.9547
The showcase of this park is its modern play equipment for young children that was built by local citizens in 2003. The play equipment area is enclosed and located near the shaded picnic facilities. Older children and adults will enjoy use of the parks basketball court, tennis court, and baseball/softball field. In the spring, the park serves as a box lunch dining hall and recess when school field trips visit Liberty Hall and Cowan Museum. www.kenansville.org
Walking trail
Agriculture Drive, Kenansville
A hard-surface walking trail is available to the public daily at the Duplin Commons complex just outside of Kenansville and across from James Sprunt Community College. The trail has a number of rest stations along its 2/3-mile length.
Northeast Community Park North N.C. Hwy. 41, Wallace
The park is located east of Wallace off N.C. 41, on the north side of the road. The public is welcome. A play area, walking trail, rest rooms, and baseball/softball field opened in 2007. This site is a Northeast Ruritan Club project.
Lake Leamon Campground
5357 N.C. Hwy. 41, Wallace 910.285.3875
RV hookups, tent sites, swimming, showers, campfires and boat ramp are available at the campsite. Water skiing is also allowed. Recreation room, picnic tables and grills are available. Pets on leashes allowed. Season: April-September.
Maxwells Mill Campground
Maxwell Mill Campground Rd., Pink Hill 252.568.2022
Open year-round, the facilities include 75-acre lake, fishing, swimming, pool, boat rentals, full hookups and tent sites. 2.5 miles south of Pink Hill off N.C. Hwy. 11. dd2maxs@ncfreedom.net.
Mallard Cove
Mallard Cove specializes in No Limit waterfowl
& upland bird hunting. Located in the Suttontown community near
Faison, NC on King Farms, we have an abundance of ponds, natural
creeks, swamps, and grain fields to allow for a great hunting
atmosphere & experience.
3153 PREACHER HENRY RD
FAISON , NC 28341
866-594-2775
hunter@huntmallardcove.com
www.huntmallardcove.com Boat Ramps /Northeast Cape Fear River
Waynes Landing: Located 6 miles east of Wallace off NC 41, turn onto Cypress Hole Road, and the ramp is one mile down a state-maintained gravel road.
N.C. Department of Wildlife: Two public boat ramps to the Northeast Cape Fear River are located in Duplin County. One is on N.C. 24 between Kenansville and Beulaville, with a second landing off N.C. 41 and 50 near Chinquapin. Directions can be obtained at the N.C. Department of Wildlife website.
Pond fishing
Nash Johnson PondGo around the housing development and fish from the far side of pond. Fees: from bank, $3; from boat, 2 people, $5 each person. Pay at the gatehouse of the parking lot for House of Raeford poultry plant on U.S. 117 South, Rose Hill.
Pond location: Nash Johnson Pond Road off U.S. 117, Rose Hill
910.289.6964
Blizzards PondPay at Mom & Pops Store east of the pond on NC 24, $5 a day, $35 season pass, 13-and-under free
2168 Hwy. 24, Beulaville
Taylors Pond Pay at box on 175 Ernest Taylor Lane, get ticket and receipt and drop payment in lockbox. $10 all day, sunup to sunset. Bring your own boat. Only electric motors are allowed. No alcoholic beverages allowed. Ages 12 and under are free.
Pond is off U.S. Hwy. 117 South, Faison, Turn on Ernest Taylor Lane.
Tulls Mill PondFees: from bank, $3; from boat, 2 people, $5 each person. Bait available for purchase. Open March 1 to November 31, every day, 7:00 a.m. until dark. Boat ramp available.
1568 Old Pink Hill Road 252.568.4636 Golf and Country Clubs
River Landing Country Club
116 Paddle Wheel Drive, Wallace 910.285.6693
Golf Professional: Larry George
I-40 Exit 385
www.riverlanding.com
Par: 72
Length: River Course 6,942 yards
Landing Course 7,112 yards
Greens surface: Bent grass
River Landing received a #1 accolade from N.C. Magazine for three straight years through March 2006. That is a fact I am very proud of, said course architect, Clyde Johnston.
N.C. Magazine also ranked River Landing the top new course in the state when it opened in 1996, and has ranked it in the states top 20 for the past three years. Golf Digest magazine ranked it #17 in the state in 2003. However, golf professional, Larry George, reserves six public tee times a day, offering visitors a chance to enjoy golfing and scenery of either the River Course or the Landing Course.
Majestic Pines Golf and Country Club
148 Country Club Road, Kenansville 910.296.0919
Par: 72
Length: 6,246 yards
Greens surface: Champion Bermuda
Duplin Country Club, near Kenansville, raised $70,000 to re-sprig the greens in Champion Bermuda bent grass in 2006, and the course is now in top shape.
The 18-hole layout offers enough variety of terrain to challenge the most advanced golfer. There are many trees that can affect shot,s and ponds come into play on four holes. www.duplincountryclub.com
Rockfish Country Club
6722 South N.C. Hwy. 41, Wallace 910.285.2744
General Manager: Scott Smith
Par: 72
Length: 6,369 yards
Greens surface: Bermuda
The 18-hole course at Rockfish Country Club opened in 1958. Expect a quiet and relaxed setting on a course of well-established fairways mixed with areas of pine and hardwood trees that provide cool shade for summer outings. www.golflink.com
Key Vista Country Club
166 Country Club Road, Pink Hill 252.568.4880
General Manager: Kay Miller
Located off N.C. 241 between Pink Hill and Beulaville
Par: 72
Length: 6,210 yards
Greens surface: Bermuda
A beautiful 18-hole course, Key Vista offers Monday, Wednesday and Friday greens fees of $16, Tuesday and Thursday greens fees of only $12 and weekend greens fees of $21. www.golflink.com
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