Adventure Outdoors Magazine Summer 2018 | Page 33

Eat. Eat. Available Available - Line! On On - Line! Stay. Stay. Discover. Discover. Enjoy. Enjoy. Thousand Hills Hills State State Park Park   Thousand Conservation Areas Areas - - 12,000+ 12,000+ acres acres   Conservation Fishing - - Bass, Bass, Muskie, Muskie, Crappy Crappy   Fishing Aug 25 25 Truck Truck & & Tractor Tractor Pulls Pulls   Aug  Camping/Backpacking/Hiking  Camping/Backpacking/Hiking Sept 1 1 Archery Archery Deer Deer Season Season Opens Opens   Sept Oct 6 6 Scottish Scottish Highland Highland Games Games of of   Oct Strength Strength Horse Trails Trails   Horse There’s more to explore! Oct 6 6 FLATS FLATS Trail Trail 1/2 1/2 There’s more to explore!   Oct Go to to Marathon Go Marathon  Biking - Trail or Gravel Check out the Events Calendar.  Biking - Trail or Gravel Check out the Events Calendar. The work that is put into maintaining the trails by the volunteers alone adds up into hundreds of hours! The park is beautiful with the lake as a focal point. There are so many things about this race that make it one to put it on your list of races to do. From the Race Directors who treat you like family to the volunteers that man the hard-to-get- to aid stations. I truly recommend this!” In addition to these many wonderful events outdoor sports enthusiasts can enjoy fish- ing and hunting. From trout fishing at Spur Pond and muskie fishing at Hazel Creek Lake to catching bass and catfish at Thou- sand Hills State Park’s Forest Lake Kirksville is a anglers paradise. Hunters travel from all over the United States to enjoy hunting trophy class whitetail deer and turkey. Hunters have a choice to hunt on over 13,000 acres of Conservation Area and hundreds of acres of private land surround- ing Kirksville. For more information about other attrac- tions and events in Kirksville go to visitkirksville.com Adventure Outdoors | Summer 2018 | 31