Recreation
If outdoor sports are what you like, especially hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, swimming, baseball, softball, tennis, bowling and golf, then Henderson County is for you. The environment provides plenty to enjoy, and outdoor recreation is popular year around, with something for nearly everyone. Recreational lodestones attracting people to the county are the Beech River Watershed Development Authority's seven lakes and Natchez Trace State Park, Tennessee's largest.

The seven lakes provide 3,000 acres of surface area and 100 miles of shoreline. Part of the BRWDA water control system completed by the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1965, all the lakes are open to the public and provide facilities for public use and enjoyment. Beech, Pine, Cedar, Redbud, Dogwood, Sycamore, and Pin Oak Lakes and their adjacent lands are open to swimming, hunting (in season), boating, hiking, picnicking and other activities. Water skiing can be enjoyed on Beech, Pine and Pin Oak lakes. Facilities to be found at the lakes include launching ramps, paved parking areas, concession-bathhouse buildings, sand beaches, picnic tables, playground equipment, and family camping facilities; however, services and facilities vary from lake to lake. Pin Oak Lake is now a part of Natchez Trace State Park and is managed by the Tennessee Department of Conservation.

Natchez Trace State Park, the state's largest and most visited park, is just six miles northeast of Lexington. The park was named for the important wilderness road that ran between Nashville and Natchez, Mississippi, in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The park covers over 46,000 square acres and is managed by the Tennessee Department of Conservation.

The park's Pin Oak Lodge provides single and double room accommodations and has a 160 seat restaurant, as well as swimming pool and tennis courts for guests. They have added 27 rooms making a total of 160. They have added suites, which are available in 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms. There are 10 new villas. Pin Oak Lodge has a new campground with 77 sites. It has five camping cabins. They added one group camp that has five cottages, a bunkhouse, administration building and kitchen. They have also added an equestrian center. Located on the shores of Pin Oak Lake, guests will find good fishing and boating at their doorstep during their stay. Cabins and camping site are also available.

The park has two stocked and managed fishing lakes where anglers take good catches of black crappie, bass and catfish. Within park boundaries are an abundance of deer, wild turkey, squirrel, dove, quail, raccoon and waterfowl. There are 33 miles of backpacking trails, an archery range and wrangler camp.

More terrific recreation opportunities are to be experienced in and near Henderson County. If golf is your game, there are a number of public and private courses. More fishing, boating and water-skiing can be enjoyed at the Tennessee River, just 23 miles east of Lexington; Pickwick Reservoir and State Park just 40 miles away; and nearby Chickasaw State Park. Pinson Indian Burial Mounds, just a few miles southwest of Lexington, and Shiloh National Military Park, 30 miles south near Savannah, Tennessee are also popular recreation sites. Finally, the county is a half-hour drive from Jackson, and is midway between Memphis and Nashville, all home to many outstanding recreational, entertainment and cultural attractions.