Alabama Trails

266 Pages·1993·13.42 MB·English

by  Patricia Stenger Sharpe

title: Alabama Trails
author: Sharpe, Patricia Stenger.
publisher: University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin: 0817306900
print isbn13: 9780817306908
ebook isbn13: 9780585201108
language: English
Hiking--Alabama--Guidebooks,
Backpacking--Alabama--Guidebooks,
subject
Trails--Alabama--Guidebooks, Alabama--
Guidebooks.
publication date: 1993
lcc: GV199.42.A2S52 1993eb
ddc: 796.5/1/09761
Hiking--Alabama--Guidebooks,
Backpacking--Alabama--Guidebooks,
subject:
Trails--Alabama--Guidebooks, Alabama--
Guidebooks.
Page i
Alabama Trails
Page ii
What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no
superior.
Walt Whitman
Page iii
Alabama Trails
Patricia Stenger Sharpe
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa & London
Page iv
Copyright © 1993
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 354870380
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
designed by zig zeigler
2 3 4 5 6 02 01 00 99 98
The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum
requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-
Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials.
ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sharpe, Patricia Stenger. 1948-
Alabama trails / Patricia Stenger Sharpe.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8173-0690-0
1. HikingAlabamaGuidebooks. 2.
BackpackingAlabamaGuidebooks. 3. Trails
AlabamaGuidebooks. 4. AlabamaGuidebooks.
I. Title.
GV199.42.A2S52 1993
796.5'1'09761dc20 93-1640
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available
The cover photograph by Chip Cooper is used by permission.
Copyright 1993 Chip Cooper
Cartography performed by The University of Alabama Cartographic
Research Laboratory, Craig Remington, Supervisor.
Jon Acker, Graduate Student Assistant
Page v
Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction 1
Trails in North Alabama 9
Muscle Shoals Reservation 11
Sipsey River Recreation Area 13
Joe Wheeler State Park 20
Honeycomb Creek Trail 23
Lake Guntersville State Park 25
Buck's Pocket State Park 32
Lookout Mountain Trail 37
Noccalula Falls Park 48
Monte Sano State Park 50
Madison County Nature Trail 54
River Mont Cave Historic Trail, Inc. 56
De Soto State Park 60
De Soto Scout Trail 65
Palisades Park 69
Point Mallard Park 72
Trails in East Central Alabama 75
Lake Chinnabee Recreation Area 77
Cheaha Wilderness Area 79
Cheaha State Park 84
Pinhoti National Recreation Trail System 88
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park 98
Horseshoe Bend Trail 100
Bartram National Recreation Trail 103
Chewacla State Park 106
Wind Creek State Park 109
Page vi
Trails in West Central Alabama 113
Payne Lake Recreation Area 115
Lake Lurleen State Park 116
Moundville Archaeological Park 118
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center 120
Oak Mountain State Park 123
Rickwood Caverns State Park 128
Tannehill Historical State Park 131
Trails in South Alabama 137
Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge 139
Lakepoint Resort State Park 140
Conecuh National Forest 142
Gulf State Park 148
Chickasabogue Park 151
Suggested Readings 154
Index of Trails 155