Civil War battlefields, casino gambling, camping, and plenty of state parks are an hour or two away.
At the same time, it's a short drive from the big-city attractions of St. Louis and Memphis, and other Midwest sites. Each April, Dyersburg comes alive with the annual Dogwood Festival and the Dogwood Dash . The festival includes a golf tournament, beauty pageants, a chili cook-off, an arts and crafts show, a car show and other activities. The Jimmy Dean Foods Barbecue Festival , sanctioned by the Memphis in May barbecue competition, is a two-day event that includes the cooking of 4,000 pounds of pork barbecue, music and fun for the family. McIvers Bluff Founders Day Festival held in historic downtown, celebrates the community's heritage with arts and crafts, and other events that depict life in the county's early days.