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Naked Mountain Natural Area Preserve is a 356-acre (1.44 km 2) Natural Area Preserve located in Nelson County, Virginia.The preserve was dedicated in 2006. [2]It was created to protect an uncommon growth of shooting-stars (Dodecatheon meadia) and a small population of the globally rare Torrey's mountain mint (Pycnanthemum torreyi), which occupy rocky clearings on otherwise forested slopes.
Oak Mountain State Park is a public recreation area located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Birmingham in the northeast quadrant of the city of Pelham, Alabama, United States. It is the state's largest state park at 9,940 acres (4,020 ha) and is home to the Alabama Wildlife Center , Oak Mountain Interpretive Center, and Oak Mountain BMX ...
Rickwood Caverns State Park is a public recreation area and natural history preserve located 7 miles (11 km) north of Warrior, Alabama. [1] The 380-acre (150 ha) state park offers tours of caverns with illuminated limestone formations estimated to be 260 million years old, blind cave fish, and an underground pool.
With picnic and camping season underway, here's a look at which of the 21 state parks in Alabama attracted the most visitors in past year.
State parks under direct state management Name County Size Estab-lished River / lake Image Remarks acres ha Blue Springs State Park: Barbour: 103 42: 1963: Blue Springs: Near Clio; swimming in natural spring, camping, picnicking Buck's Pocket State Park: DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall: 2,000 810: 1971: Lake Guntersville
Most of the Fern Cave NWR is on the western side of Nat Mountain between Scottsboro and Huntsville, Alabama. The Paint Rock River, a tributary of the Tennessee River borders the northwestern side of the refuge. Elevation ranges from the relative flat area around the Paint Rock River valley to a 1,500+ foot elevation at the top of the mountain.
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.
Their bioluminescent glow can be seen on night tours in this 85-acre (340,000 m 2) natural conservatory. Mobile Tensaw River Bottom Lands: May 1974: Spanish Fort: Baldwin, Mobile, and Washington: Mixed- federal, state, & private