Visit Martin Creek Lake in the fall (usually late October through the first two weeks of November) when the trees put on a show. You’ll marvel at the colorful foliage on the many types of hardwoods mixed with loblolly and short-leaf pine trees.

The forest shelters an abundance of wildlife. You might see opossums, swamp rabbits, beaver, white-tailed deer, raccoons, armadillos and squirrels.

Anglers enjoy great fishing year-round, with warm water courtesy of the nearby power plant. Fish include large­mouth bass, crappie, channel catfish, yellow catfish, tilapia and sunfish.

Some of the most commonly seen birds here are mallard ducks, great blue herons, green herons, great egrets, northern car­dinals, blue jays, red-headed woodpeckers, cormorants and northern mockingbirds.