there is a state park for riding at pontotoc, real close to columbus, for trail riding. it is natchez trace state park or something like that. $5 per day. it's not a bad place to ride, but tell him to watch his feet, it has lots of ruts & pine roots. there is an mx track real near the park, i can't recall the name, but somebody on here will know it. there is also some riding at holly springs nat'l forest but it is best to hook up with a local, it is easy to get a ticket for riding out of the legal area, & to my knowledge, there are not yet any maps. there are a # of riding areas in s. miss., including 1 owned by kevin windham & a couple on usfs land; they have been covered on here before & a search should turn them up. there are several other mx tracks in easy striking distance of columbus, too.