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Lakepoint State Park is a public recreation area located on the far north side of the city of Eufaula. The state park encompasses 1,220 acres (490 ha) on the western shore of Lake Eufala (Walter F. George Lake) , a 45,000-acre (18,000 ha) impoundment of the Chattahoochee River .
The Walter F. George Lake, named for Walter F. George (1878–1957), a United States senator from Georgia, is formed on the Chattahoochee River along the state line between Alabama and Georgia. It is also widely known by the name, Lake Eufaula – particularly in Alabama, where the state legislature passed a resolution on June 25, 1963, to give ...
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.
One of only two antebellum octagonal houses built in Alabama and the only one to survive. 13: Sheppard Cottage: Sheppard Cottage: May 27, 1971 : 504 E. Barbour St. Eufaula: Built in 1837, Sheppard Cottage is the oldest known residence in Eufaula. The cottage still has original wood mantels, fireplaces, and oak flooring.
US 431 – Eufaula, Phenix City: Southern terminus 1.8: 2.9: SR 285 south (Old Highway 165) – Lakepoint State Park: Northern terminus of SR 285: Russell: Cottonton: 11.6: 18.7: SR 208 east (Omaha Road) / CR 4 west (Cottonton Road) Western terminus of SR 208 15.7: 25.3: CR 50 east (Bluff Creek Road) – Bluff Creek Campground: Holy Trinity: 18 ...
Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,184 acre (45.26 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in Barbour and Russell counties in Alabama and Stewart and Quitman counties in Georgia. Eufaula NWR is located on the Walter F. George Lake (also known as Lake Eufaula) along the Chattahoochee River between Alabama and Georgia.
Alabama governors from Barbour County Name In Office Hometown John Gill Shorter: 1861–1863 Eufaula, AL William Dorsey Jelks: 1901–1907 Eufaula, AL Braxton Bragg Comer: 1907–1911 Spring Hill, AL Charles S. McDowell: July 10,11, 1924 Eufaula, AL Chauncey Sparks: 1943–1947 Eufaula, AL George Corley Wallace: 1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983 ...
Lakepoint State Park Trails, 5 miles (8.0 km) over 7 trails; Eufaula; Old Town Creek Trail; Eufaula; Reed Avenue Area Walking Trail, 0.25 miles (0.40 km); Clayton; White Oak Creek Campground Trail; Eufaula; Yoholo-Micco Trail, 3.2 miles (5.1 km); Eufaula