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Our annual Claybank Jamboree Arts and Crafts Festival has been a much-anticipated family event for over 50 years.
This outdoor event sponsored by the Ozark Area Chamber of Commerce offers handmade crafts, fine arts, live entertainment, kiddie activities, and food vendors
Don’t forget the Jamboree also offers a Car and Truck Exhibit as well as a Touch A Truck area for all ages. Get up close and inside some of your favorites, ambulances, firetrucks, police and military vehicles as well as heavy equipment. Don’t forget to take pictures!
In 2022, the Jamboree included a Quilt Exhibit held inside the beautiful and historic Holman House.
Join us for a feel good, family event at the next Claybank Jamboree Festival. Held each year on the 1st Saturday in October.
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Mid-City Farm Market
4323 Mance Newton Rd
Midland City, AL 36350(334)873-4147
[email protected]
Newton Market
44 College St
Newton, AL 36352
This will take place at Heroes’ Memorial Park on the second Saturday of each month from May to October and will be from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
Vendor spaces are open to all persons interested from fresh produce, jams/jellies, honey, crafts, direct sales and food trucks.
Booths are a 12×12 space.
The Ozark Farmers’ Market is open mid-May through the end of July every Tuesday from 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. You can find the highest quality, freshest local produce at our state certified farmers’s market. Local growers and artisans come together to support and preserve the family farmers that make the Wiregrass unique. The market is currently located on the lawn of the Ozark Amphitheater on the downtown square. We are excited to be moving to our permanent location at 244 N. East Avenue, in 2023.
Dale County Road 36 Bridge provides access to the West Fork of the Choctawhatchee River at what is acclaimed to be its most beautiful part. The first takeout is at Browns Crossroads, below, for an approximately four-hour trip.
Browns Crossroads where County Road 27 crosses the Choctawhatchee, is not the uppermost point of entry into the river but it is the uppermost public access that has been established, about 800 feet upriver of this slab-like stone ford across the river. The entire area can be a gathering spot for partiers but it is not secluded enough to be a problem for paddlers. The West Fork Choctawhatchee and Judy Creek come together just above Highway 27 to form the Choctawhatchee River. There is a two-foot drop in the river just above Highway 27, but little access to it. From the CR 27 crossing, a nice kick shoal begins the trip downstream, a day’s paddle to Newton.
Highway 231 Bridge . Between Browns Crossroads and Newton is the Highway 231 Bridge, whose theoretical access is not recommended. If you have to do it, make sure you have a roof rack and not a trail as there is no place to back or turn around. There is no real landing at the water level. You will have to be fit and have good balance to even make the walk without a boat and gear. Unless there needs to be an emergency exit here, there is no reason to use it. John Hutto Park at Newton is probably close enough.
Newton, John Hutto Park access (map D3). The park has access, free camping, water, portable toilets and electricity and caters to paddlers. It is patrolled and is safe. If you need to have water or electricity turned on upon your arrival, call the city of Newton at (334) 299-6670.
Highway 84 Bridge The next stop below Newton is Highway 84 Bridge with its spacious white sand beaches. The river on both sides of the highway is reachable from access roads on the west side of the highway. The access road for the westbound lane (towards Daleville) is in fairly good shape with ways around the low wet spots. Be careful to park on this hard sand only; the tradition to deep soft sand is sudden, and an extraction may be required even for 4 wheel drive vehicles. The road on the eastbound side, towards Dothan, can be pocked with potholes but is hard-packed nearly all the way to the river.
The Little Choctawhatchee River From its origins near Dothan, the Little Choctawhatchee comes into the main Choctawhatchee between Newton and Clayhatchee. The smaller river is important for two reasons in addition to its serene natural beauty: First, it contains water for more of the year than the larger river and offers more opportunity to paddle during the summer months; and its close-together bridges offers a fine afternoon trip when time is limited. The Little Choctawhatchee flows west to east, with the farthest access on the Little Choctawhatchee at the Highway 123 Bridge.
CR 123 Paddlers on the Little Choctawhatchee with no more than an hour or two on their hands may paddle the little river to its confluence with the big one just above the Highway 92 crossing. The distance from the Highway 123 put-in and the Highway 92 take-out is about ten miles, or half a day without dawdling as these two rivers move along pretty well.
Lake Tholocco is a 640-acre facility that offers a full range of recreation activities. Take your pick from swimming, boating, camping, RV parking, volleyball, basketball and hiking. The pavilion and beaches are available for the public to use and boating activities are allowed year-round. Those looking to go camping will want to visit Engineer Beach located beyond West Beach on Fort Rucker. The camping area consists of 18 rustic and 30 modern campsites with water, electric hookups, rest rooms, picnic areas, playground, showers and a dump station. Active duty and retired military personnel, family members and guests can use Engineer Beach. Patrons may reserve campsites at Outdoor Recreation. Fishing is now available at Lake Tholocco. however, individuals must be sure to get their Alabama Fishing License as well as their Fort Rucker permit. Alabama Fishing Licenses and Fort Rucker Permits can be purchased at the Outdoor Recreation office which is located at Lake Tholocco, West Beach. You must have BOTH to fish on Fort Rucker. For more information, call 334-255-4305.
Lake Tholocco
24235 Johnston Road
Fort Rucker, AL 36362
Open: M-F 7:30-5, Sat & Sun 8-4. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.
Rekindle your patriotism in the military town of Fort Rucker. It’s home to the U.S. Army Aviation Museum and one of the largests collection of Army helicopters, airplanes and unmanned aircraft in the country, as well as the Aviator Monument dedicated to the Army Aviators whose gallantry and devotion to duty help protect America’s freedom. While you’re here, stop by the Fort Rucker Equestrian Center with its boarding stable, campgrounds and more than 50 miles of riding trails.
U.S. Army Aviation Museum
6000 Novosel Street
Fort Rucker, AL 36362
(334)598-2508
Open: M-F 9-4, Sat 9-3
Silver Wings Golf Course
20067 Combat Rd, Bldg 20067
Fort Rucker, AL 36362
(334)255-0089
Open daily @ 7am
Visit this boarding stable with camping and more than 50 miles of riding trails. Horse stalls & trailer parking available.
Fort Rucker Riding Stable
20150 Hatch Road
Fort Rucker, AL 36362
(334)255-0021
Office open: M-Sat. 8-5
Rike’s Tacos Prehispanic Mexican Food
7037 Hwy 51
Ariton, AL 36311
(334)762-2222
[email protected]
Title Town BBQ
5250 Hwy 105
Skipperville, AL 36374
(334)797-9144
[email protected]
Mary’s Sandwich Shop
1289 Hinton Waters Ave
Midland City, AL 36350
(334)983-1111
[email protected]
The Wiregrass Resource Conservation and Development (WRC&D) Council serves the following Southeast Alabama counties: Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Pike and Russell.