Alabama State Parks
Guntersville Lake
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Guntersville Lake (generally referred to locally as Lake Guntersville) is located in north Alabama between Bridgeport and Guntersville.
Big Creek Lake
Big Creek Lake
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Big Creek Lake (or Converse Reservoir) is a municipal reservoir which serves as the main source of drinking water for the city of Mobile, Alabama and its suburbs.
Blue Springs State Park
Blue Springs State Park
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Blue Springs State Park is located about 6 miles east of Clio, Alabama in southeast Alabama, 2595 Hwy 10, Cilo 36017.
Alexander City Alabama
Alexander City Alabama
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Alexander City, known to locals as “Alex City”, is a city in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States, with a population of some 14,875.
Lakepoint State Park
Lakepoint State Park
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Lakepoint State Park is a 1,220 acre park located on Lake Eufala, on Highway 431, seven miles north of Eufaula Alabama.
Little River Canyon National Preserve
Little River Canyon National Preserve
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The river and canyon have formed a wild and rugged landscape that allows for a range of peaceful and challenging recreational opportunities. The river supports world-class whitewater paddling and the canyon supports exceptional climbing opportunities. The opportunity for hiking, swimming, and fishing in natural areas away from city life are exemplified at Martha’s Falls and Canyon Mouth.
Alabama National Wildlife Refuges
Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
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Over 20,000 people visit Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge annually to enjoy fishing, hunting, wildlife observation and other compatible wildlife dependent activities.
Alabama State Parks
ROLAND COOPER STATE PARK – ALABAMA
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Roland Cooper State Park is a 236 acre park with a nine hole golf course, clubhouse, cabins, campground with bathhouse and laundry, picnic area with grills, pavilions and a playground.
Lakes
Bankhead Lake
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The second largest lake on the Black Warrior river, Bankhead Reservoir is centrally located in Alabama and offers plenty of residential and commercial waterfront property for camping, boating and fishing.
Bayou La Batre Alabama
Bayou La Batre Alabama: Seafood Capital of Alabama
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Bayou La Batre was featured in the 1994 film Forrest Gump and the book upon which it is based. In April 2005, Disney Studios launched a secretly built pirate ship, the Black Pearl, out of Bayou La Batre for filming sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Bayou La Batre’s seafood industry also serves as a centerpiece for the History channel’s reality documentary series Big Shrimpin’.
Best Small Towns in Alabama
Highland Lake Alabama
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One day in 1907, George Clements stood in the doorway of the house he had built in the Straight Mountain area of Blount County, Alabama, and looked out. What he probably saw, here in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, was a mostly undeveloped wilderness.
