Oak Mountain State Park
Location:Just off I-65, 15 miles south of Birmingham in central Alabama.
Facilities:150 modern campsites, primitive campsites, comfort stations, camp
store, 10 family cottages (é), meeting rooms, picnic areas, group
pavilions, playground, 50 miles of hiking, biking, and equestrian
trails (é), horse stables, 18-hole golf course, pro shop and snack bar, demonstration farm.
Activities:Camping, boating (no gas motors), fishing, swimming, hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, golf, nature programs.
Special Features:Oak Mountain is Alabama's largest park, with pine-studded ridges and
lush green hardwood bottoms. The state's largest wildlife
rehabilitation center is located in the park, and more than 2,000
injured and orphaned wild creatures are cared for there each year.
Visitors may view the rehabilitation process through one way glass. In
addition, the park's Treetop Nature Trail offers close-up views of
unreleasable hawks and owls in natural habitat enclosures (é). The
oldest continuously operating BMX track in the nation is also located
at the park.
Address:200 Terrace Dr
PO Box 278
Pelham, AL 35124
Phone:205-620-2520
Fax:205-620-2531
Web: www.alapark.com/parks
Size: 9,940 acres.
See other parks in
Alabama.