Best Tent Camping: Alabama is your guide to the 50 best tent-camping sites in the Heart of Dixie. Whether you prefer the pristine white beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. or the mountains and canyons of the Tennessee Valley, or something in-between. Alabama has it all. The guide takes you to the most beautiful, yet lesser known, of the state's campsites, guaranteeing you a peaceful retreat. Each guidebook entry provides the latest maps of the grounds; each entry also alerts you to the best sites within the facility to ensure a rewarding and relaxing visit. The guidebook's campsite ratings on beauty, privacy, spaciousness, quietness, security, and cleanliness let you know whether or not each campground is the one you seek at any particular time. In addition, each site entry has complete contact and registration information, operating hours, and a list of restrictions. Directions to the site come complete with GPS coordinates to put you at the main gate.
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978-0-89732-574-5 (9780897325745)
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Joe Cuhaj is one of "those" Yankees who moved to Alabama and fell in love with the state and its amazing landscapes. A freelance writer by night, he is a software programmer by day and an outdoor enthusiast at all times. His career also has included years in radio broadcasting and public relations. Regardless of what he does for work, most every weekend will find this author/computer geek/broadcaster/PR guy hiking the trails of the state, building new trails, or pitching a tent for a night out under the stars. Based in Daphne, AL, Joe's love of his adopted home state shows in the titles of other books he has authored Baseball in Mobile, Hike America: Alabama, Hiking Alabama, and Paddling Alabama.
Overview Map
Alabama Map Key
Best Campgrounds
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
METRO REGION
Amity Campground
Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park
Cheaha State Park
Coleman Lake Recreation Area
Deerlick Creek Campground
Lake Chinnabee Recreation Area
Moundville Archaeological Park
Oak Mountain State Park
Payne Lake Recreation Area
Pine Glen Campground
Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park
MOUNTAIN REGION
Buck's Pocket State Park
Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve
Cathedral Caverns State Park
Clear Creek Recreation Area
Corinth Recreation Area
DeSoto State Park
Dismals Canyon Conservancy
Elliott Branch Campground
Joe Wheeler State Park
Lake Guntersville State Park
Mallard Creek Campground
McFarland Park
Monte Sano State Park
Noccalula Falls Campground
Rickwood Caverns State Park
Slick Rock Campground
Wilson Dam-Lower Rockpile Campground
RIVER REGION
Blue Springs State Park
Bluff Creek Campground
Chewacla State Park
Chilatchee Creek Campground
Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson National Historic Park
Frank Jackson State Park
Gunter Hill Campground
Hardridge Creek Campground
Lakepoint Resort State Park
Millers Ferry Campground
Open Pond Recreation Area
Prairie Creek Campground
Six Mile Creek Campground
White Oak Creek Campground
GULF REGION
Blakeley Historic State Park
Chickasabogue Park
Gulf State Park
Isaac Creek Campground
Little River State Forest
Magnolia Branch Wildlife Reserve
Meaher State Park
Old St. Stephens Historic Park
APPENDIXES AND INDEX
Appendix A: Camping-Equipment Checklist
Appendix B: Sources of Information
Index
About the Author
Map Legend
