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The park, which bears the name of 16th-century explorer Hernando de Soto, was developed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The park then known as State Park No. 5 was established in 1935. When it was dedicated as Desoto State Park on May 24, 1939, it was the largest state park in Alabama. [4]
DeSoto Falls is a 104-foot (32 m) waterfall located on the West Fork of the Little River near Mentone, Alabama, United States, in DeSoto State Park. The falls have carved their own small canyon. The falls have carved their own small canyon.
Little River Canyon National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located on top of Lookout Mountain near Fort Payne, Alabama, and DeSoto State Park.Created by an Act of Congress in 1992, the 15,288-acre (6,187 ha) preserve protects what is sometimes said to be the nation's longest mountaintop river, the Little River.
This list of Alabama state parks covers state parks in the Alabama park system. As of 2023, there were 21 official Alabama state parks run in part or exclusively by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources [ 1 ] and three historic state parks run by other authorities.
Mentone is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. Its location is near Lookout Mountain. A number of private summer camps are located near Mentone. [3] For a number of years, Mentone has hosted an unusually large number of summer camps. [4] Mentone attracts many visitors and tourists annually, partly due to the summer camps.
SR 35 south (Fifth Street NE) / Fifth Street NW – DeSoto State Park, Little River Canyon, DeSoto Falls: Northern end of SR 35 overlap: 231.500: 372.563: I-59 – Chattanooga, Gadsden: I-59 exit 222: Hammondville: 240.287: 386.704: SR 117 south / Lyons Road – Valley Head, Summerville, Mentone, DeSoto State Park
DeSoto Scout Trail, 16 miles (26 km) (Also traverses through Little River Canyon Wildlife Management Area and DeSoto State Park.) Eberhart Trail, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) Little Falls Trail, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) Lower Two-Mile Trail, 0.1 miles (0.16 km) Path To Learning Trail, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) Powell Trail, 0.75 miles (1.21 km)
A map showing the de Soto expedition. This section shows Moscoso's route through Arkansas, and Texas, and then to Mexico after de Soto's death. Based on the Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. All the peoples which the expedition encountered in Texas were the ancestors of the modern Caddo, especially the Hasinai and Kadohadacho confederacies ...