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Cheaha State Park is a public recreation area located in Clay and Cleburne counties in Alabama, US. The park's 2,799 acres (1,133 ha) include Cheaha Mountain , the highest point in the state . The park adjoins Talladega National Forest and is managed by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources .
The 7,245-acre (2,932 ha) Cheaha Wilderness lies next to Cheaha State Park, near the Talladega Mountains in Alabama, United States. It lies within the Talladega National Forest and is administrated by the US Forest Service. Congress designated the area on January 3, 1983 [1] and expanded it in 1988.
The Talladega National Forest is located in the U.S. state of Alabama and covers 392,567 acres (613.39 sq mi, or 1,588.66 km 2) at the southern edge of the Appalachian Mountains. [ 2 ] Before it was bought by the federal government in the 1930s, the area that composes the Talladega was extensively logged and represented some of the most abused ...
The state park covers 3,502 acres (1,417 ha) of forest, rivers, waterfalls, and mountain terrain. It borders the Little River, which flows into the nearby Little River Canyon National Preserve. The 104-foot-tall (32 m) DeSoto Falls, the state's highest waterfall, is found in a separate part of the park six miles (9.7 km) north of the main park. [3]
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.
The flash flood struck Havasu Canyon, a tributary canyon, about 30 miles west of Grand Canyon Village, Arizona just before 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, USA TODAY reported.
Cheaha Mountain / ˈ tʃ iː h ɔː /, often called Mount Cheaha, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located a few miles northwest of the town of Delta in Cheaha State Park , which offers a lodge, a restaurant, and other amenities.
The Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is a 3,689.63 acres (15 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in central Alabama, along the Cahaba River downstream from Birmingham, Alabama. The refuge was established on September 25, 2002. Additional purchases were approved that will potentially increase the size of the refuge to 7,300 acres (29.5 ...