Quality of Life

Community Links

Contact LCEDA


Limestone County
Economic Development
Association
P.O. Box 1346
Athens, AL 35612
256.232.2386
tomhill@LCEDA.com

Recreation

Fishing / Watersports
Located two miles west of Rogersville in West Limestone County, the Joe Wheeler State Park offers sport fishing, boating, water skiing, and camping. The park is located on Wheeler Lake.

The Tennessee River, located on Limestone County’s southern border, offer some of the nation’s best largemouth bass fishing, as well as sport fishing for smallmouth bass, sauger, crappie, bream, spotted bass, stripe, and catfish. Additional fishing and watersports are available on the Elk River in Limestone County.

Visit Joe Wheeler State Park website.

Parks
  • Big Spring Park
    Site of the original settlement of Athens, Big Spring Park offers a natural spring-fed lake, tennis, playground, pavilion, and picnic area. Big Spring Park is another excellent location for family picnics and get-togethers. It's also a great place to "feed the ducks".
  • Swan Creek Park
    Swan Creek Park in Athens is where you can plan your next family picnic. Picnic tables and grills are sprinkled throughout this wooded area along with tennis courts, swings, slides, climbing bars, and other fun things. Surrounding Swan Creek Park is a mile and a half walking/running track.

Visit the Athens City Department of Parks and Recreation website.

Recreation
  • Athens Sportsplex
    The Athens Sportsplex is one of the best municipal athletic facilities in the United States. It has eight baseball fields and five soccer fields designed for various levels of amateur competition. Located on the grounds of the Athens Sportsplex is the popular Kid's Dugout playground complex a place for families to get together and play.

The Athens Parks and Recreation Department oversees area facilities that offer a wide array of diversion for everyone. The department is headquarter at U.S. 31 and Alabama Highway 251 and offers a full size gym for basketball and volleyball, a kitchen, meeting rooms, and two indoor racquetball courts.

This is in addition to the already established swimming pool, 15 athletic fields, four playgrounds, the baseball and softball fields, and a domino hall.

Organized programs include:
  • Ballet
  • Youth Soccer
  • Aerobic Dance
  • Dixie Youth Baseball
  • Dixie Boys Baseball
  • Dixie Majors Baseball
  • Softball for Girls, Women, and Men
  • Basketball for Boys, Girls, and Men
  • Swim team

Golf
Golfers will discover four top courses in Limestone County:
  • Athens Country Club - A Private 9-Hole Course
  • Canebrake at Piney Creek – A Semi-Private 18-Hole Course
  • Chriswood –An 18-Hole Course
  • Southern Gayles – An 18-Hole Course