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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.
The State Lands Division is a law enforcement entity with police powers statewide. [3] State Parks. The State Parks Division is the division which is most well known by the public due to the role of maintaining and operating Alabama's State Parks. The division is charged with acquiring and preserving natural areas, managing those areas for ...
Rickwood Caverns State Park. Rickwood Caverns State Park is a public recreation area and natural history preserve located 7 miles (11 km) north of Warrior, Alabama. [1] The 380-acre (150 ha) state park offers tours of caverns with illuminated limestone formations estimated to be 260 million years old, blind cave fish, and an underground pool.
Buck's Pocket State Park is a public recreation area located on Sand Mountain in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Alabama, two miles (3.2 km) north of the community of Grove Oak. The state park occupies 2,000 acres (810 ha) surrounding a natural pocket (canyon) of the Appalachian Mountain chain along South Sauty Creek, an upstream ...
With picnic and camping season underway, here's a look at which of the 21 state parks in Alabama attracted the most visitors in past year.
Oak Mountain State Park is a public recreation area located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Birmingham in the northeast quadrant of the city of Pelham, Alabama, United States. It is the state's largest state park at 9,940 acres (4,020 ha) and is home to the Alabama Wildlife Center , Oak Mountain Interpretive Center, and Oak Mountain BMX ...
Meaher State Park. Meaher State Park is a public recreation area located on Big Island, [1] an island at the north end of Mobile Bay that lies within the city limits of Spanish Fort, Alabama. The state park occupies 1,327 acres (537 ha) along the shoreline of Ducker Bay, [2] at the junction of Mobile Bay and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. [3]
Bladon Springs State Park. Bladon Springs State Park is a public recreation area located on the site of four mineral springs that were once part of the historic spa at Bladon Springs, Choctaw County, Alabama. The park is operated in a partnership between Alabama State Parks and Choctaw County. [3]