Recreation on Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg's Morale, Welfare and Recreation department gives families plenty of options for on-post activities.
Airborne Lanes: Bastogne and Ardennes streets. 432-6899.
USO Center: Blackjack and Goldberg streets. 4,300-square-foot center with cyber cafe, movie room, video game room and game tables. 495-1437.
Clay Target Center: N.C. 87 North to East Manchester Road. Twelve competition-level fields. Open Thursday through Sunday. 436-9489.
Cleland Ice Rink: Reilly Street, just north of Longstreet Road. Private rental, birthday parties, adult/youth hockey leagues, racquetball/wallyball courts. 396-5127.
McKellar's Lodge: Gruber Road, overlooking McKellar's Lake. Picnic areas available, rod and gun club, restaurant, bar and lounge. 907-5253.
Smith Lake Riding Stables: Smith Lake Road, off Murchison Road. Horse camps, trail rides, pony rides, hay rides, horse shows, birthday parties. 396-4510.
Sports USA: Longstreet Road. Big-screen TVs, pool and dart tournaments, sand volleyball, multiplayer online games, seating for 360. 907-0739.
Ryder Golf Course: Normandy Drive. Junior camps, Divot restaurant, water holes, rolling hills. 907-4653.
Stryker Golf Course: Eighteen-hole Donald Ross designed layout. Amenities include practice facilities, a spacious clubhouse, golf shop with latest golf equipment, and locker rooms. Located on Bragg Boulevard between Knox Street and Gruber Road. Civilians admitted. Call 396-3980 to schedule tee time.
FORT BRAGG LAKES
All Fort Bragg lakes, except Smith Lake, are off limits to swimming, water-skiing and Jet Skis. There is no boat motor size restriction on McArthur and Mott lakes. All others have a maximum 25-horsepower restriction. For more information, visit www.bragg.army.mil/wildlife.
Managed lakes: Texas Lake (29 acres), McArthur Lake (70 acres), Mott Lake (138 acres), Little Muddy Lake (31 acres), Overhills Lake (36 acres), Deer Pen Lake (4 acres), Quail Lake (5 acres), Croatan Lake (3 acres), Smith Lake (68 acres).
Catfish lakes: Bank fishing only. Lower McKellars Lake (16 acres), Wyatt Lake (8 acres), Andrews Church Lake (6 acres), Mossgeil Lake (7 acres).
Intensively managed lakes: Minnows cannot be used for bait. Simmons Lake (13 acres), Holland Lake (11 acres), McFayden Pond (8 acres), Hurley Lake (8 acres), Keist Lake (14 acres), Boundary Line Lake (15 acres).
McKellars Lake: Fort Bragg. 224 acres. Fishing, small-craft boating, camping. 396-7506 or www.bragg.army.mil/wildlife.
HUNTING ON FORT BRAGG
To hunt on Fort Bragg you need:
- A certified hunter safety card from any state.
- One hour of instruction on hunting on post.
- A Fort Bragg hunting permit.
- A state hunting license. For more information, call the Fort Bragg Hunting and Fishing Center and Wildlife Enforcement, 396- 7506, or go to www.bragg.army.mil/wildlife.