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William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir: Alabama River: Mitchell Dam: Mitchell Lake: Coosa River: Neely Henry Dam: Neely Henry Lake: Coosa River: North Highlands Dam: Bibb Pond: Chattahoochee River: Optimist Lake Dam Milkhouse Creek Reservoir Dog River Watershed Point A Dam: Point A Lake: Conecuh River: R.L. Harris Dam: Lake Wedowee (a. k. a. R.L ...
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.
Roland Cooper State Park is a public recreation area located six miles north of Camden, Alabama, on the eastern shore of Dannelly Reservoir, a 22,000-acre (8,900 ha) impoundment of the Alabama River known locally as the Millers Ferry Reservoir. [2] The park features cottages, campground, fishing, and boating facilities. [3]
Public uses of the WMAs vary from area to area, but typically includes hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking, and camping. As of the 2007–2008 season over 768,000 acres (3,110 km 2) of land was under management as part of Alabama WMAs from the north Alabama mountains down to Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico coast. [1]
R.E. "Bob" Woodruff Lake is a lake on the Alabama River in central Alabama. Woodruff Lake stretches along 80 miles (130 km) of the Alabama River and has an area of about 20 square miles (52 km 2). [2] Woodruff Lake was made possible through the construction of the Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam which was completed in 1975. [1]
Joe Wheeler State Park is a public recreation area with resort features located on Wheeler Lake, an impoundment of the Tennessee River, 18 miles (29 km) east of Florence in northwest Alabama. [3] The state park contains 2,550 acres (1,030 ha) of land in three separate parcels and adjoins Wheeler Dam .
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]
Wheeler Lake is a major recreation and tourist center, attracting about four million visits a year. Along with camping, boating, and fishing, visitors enjoy the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge several miles upstream from the dam. The lake and dam are named for General Joseph "Joe" Wheeler.