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Looking for the best Alabama walk-in camping? Pitch your tent and build a campfire after admiring the scenery on your hike for an unforgettable evening under the stars. These scenic and easy to access Alabama campsites are perfect for walk-in campers.

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The Best Walk-In Camping in Alabama

What's the most underrated Whitson camping? Walking in! Walk-in campsites are a great alternative to traditional campgrounds, without committing to a backpacking trip. Check out some of the best walk-in campgrounds near Whitson.

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The Best Walk-In Camping Near Whitson, Alabama

Blue Creek Park

## Overview

Deerlick Creek Campground is located on Holt Lake on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway northeast of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.   
  
The facility is in a beautiful forest along the shoreline, providing campers and day-use visitors with access to water sports, boating, fishing, swimming, hiking and biking.

## Recreation

Campers can explore the lakeshore using the campground's hiking trails as well as a paved bicycle trail. The waterway is popular for fishing for bass, crappie, bream, catfish and more.

## Facilities

Deerlick Creek has 46 campsites with water and electric hookups, six of which are designated tent only. There is also one group picnic shelter that can be reserved for day use. Families with children have the convenience of showers, a multi-use court and swimming beach.

## Natural Features

Holt Lake was created by the damming of the Black Warrior River. The campground is situated amidst a mixed pine and hardwood forest, which displays colorful foliage along the riverbanks each fall. Deer, squirrel, wild turkey, migratory birds and blue birds, all live in the Holt Lake area. The Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway consists of six lakes with a total length of 457 miles and 39,800 surface acres of water. Temperatures range from the 80s to 90s from April through September, and annual rainfall averages about 60 inches.

## contact_info

For facility specific information, please call (205) 388-1111. 

## Nearby Attractions

Deerlick Creek is 17 miles from the University of Alabama where you can find sporting events, museums, and other attractions. Deerlick Creek is also located 13 miles from Ol' Colony Golf Course home to the University of Alabama golf teams as well as a disc golf course.

Deerlick Creek

Lake Lurleen State Park

Brookside Greenway Park

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park is located in McCalla, Alabama, about 30 miles southwest of Birmingham. The park itself is unique due to the fact that it features the historic Tannehill Ironworks, which, at the height of its use, supplied iron for the Confederate ordnance.

The park offers three different campgrounds that include a total of 195 campsites. All campsites have access to water and electricity, and if you have a trailer or RV you're planning on bringing with you, don't worry! The campgrounds can accommodate trailers both large and small. There's also a primitive campground that features 100 individual tent campsites. The cost of a campsite with full water and electricity hookups is $30 per night, while the primitive campsites are $20 per night. Please note, however, that the fee covers a family of up to four people. If you need to add any additional people, the fee is $3 per extra person. Sites are first come first serve and are often completely filled during Halloween, as trick-or-treating has now become a local tradition at the park. Visitors describe the experience as truly unique, and enjoy the creative (and scary) decorations placed by campers. 

Visitors of Tannehill Ironworks Park can enjoy various activities, such as hiking, biking, fishing, train rides, and exploring the local attractions. Among these attractions are the Tannehill Furnaces, a historical landmark, the Pioneer farm, the Alabama Iron and Steel Museum, and the Crafts Cabins. In the Crafts Cabins, local artisans produce pottery, artwork and quilts, to name a few things. This typically takes place on the weekends during the months of March through November. 

Overall, visitors describe their visit to the park as peaceful and relaxing. The three campgrounds have access to an old country store that supplies campers with essentials such as emergency supplies, firewood and food items. There's also a natural limestone spring located near the campsites. Train rides and playgrounds offer a lot for old and young visitors alike. It's easy to see why Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park is a favorite of both locals and travel enthusiasts, and why some can't “just” stay for the weekend. 

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park

Brookside City Park

## Overview

**The Corinth Recreation Area** is a state-of-the art campground located on the on the shores of the upper part of **Lewis Smith Lake** in Winston County. Initially built in the 1960s and renovated in 1998 it offers facilities for individual and group camping, picnicking, swimming, and boat launching. 

**Check-out** time for Corinth is no later than **12:00** pm the day of departure. **Check-in** time is no earlier than **2:00pm**. This 2 hour window allows our staff adequate time to clean and maintain each site.

Two camping loops contain 52 campsites, with electrical, water, and sewer hookups. There are four bathhouses, with warm showers, serving the camping areas. A boat ramp is provided for campers. An entrance station with an electronic gate is available to control access to the campground. Corinth also offers eight rustic tent camping sites with nearby community hydrants and a bathhouse. No garbage bins are in the campground; users are required to pack out trash and deposit it in the dumpsters by the dump station. ADA accessible sites are available. 

The day use portion of the recreation area focuses on the swimming beach, served by a bathhouse with an outdoor beach shower. Twenty-nine family picnic sites are available nearby, and paved access paths connect all. Near the beach is a 100-person group picnic pavilion, with a flush toilet that serves both it and a portion of the picnic sites. A 1.25-mile hiking path is located along the shoreline of the lake. A year-round boat launch is available, with an SST vault toilet; and it has boat/trailer parking. A separate boat launch is available to the campground. 

[Welcome to the Corinth Recreation Area...](https://www.dropbox.com/s/nrcw3icsuj3b26f/Welcome%20to%20The%20Corinth%20Recreation%20Area%20with%20QR%20Codes%20%26%20Map.pdf?dl=0)

**Use the Recreation.gov Mobile App.**

Visitors on-the-go can use the Recreation.gov mobile app to reserve and pay for upcoming stays, reducing the need for on-site transactions and cash handling. Download the Recreation.gov app through the Apple App Store or on Google Play.

[Functionality of the iPhone app available here... ](https://recreationonestopprod.servicenowservices.com/external?id=kb_article&sys_id=e314be5edb5cbf00bbe83a8c7c9619a3&table=&utm_campaign=2020+-5+-+21+Field+Connection+-+May+%232+%28FINAL%29&utm_content=Second+Edition+May+Field+Connection&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter)

[Functionality of the Android app available here... ](https://recreationonestopprod.servicenowservices.com/external?id=kb_article&sys_id=05d2f3bbdb93730011ac348c7c9619c9&table=&utm_campaign=2020+-5+-+21+Field+Connection+-+May+%232+%28FINAL%29&utm_content=Second+Edition+May+Field+Connection&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter)

## Recreation

  * Day-use visitors and campers have access to a boat ramp and swim beach. 
  * The lake provides excellent fishing for Kentucky Spotted Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass. 
  * Hikers can access the 1.3-mile Bobwhite Trail. 
  * Interpretive programs are hosted during the summer.



## Facilities

  * All facilities are wheelchair accessible. 
  * Flush toilets, drinking water and showers are offered for both campers and day-use visitors. 
  * The campground offers spacious standard sites with full hookups that can accommodate RVs of any size. 
  * Sites contain paved parking spurs, picnic tables, grills and tent pads. 
  * There is a reservable group picnic shelter that can accommodate up to 100 people, as well as 29 first-come, first-served picnic sites.



## Natural Features

The 180,000+ acre [**Bankhead National Forest**](https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/alabama/about-forest/districts/?cid=fsbdev3_002553) is in northwestern Alabama, and its prominent feature is the [**Sipsey Wilderness**](https://webcam.srs.fs.fed.us/psd/sipsey/) . Known as "The Land of a Thousand Waterfalls," the Sipsey is at the juncture of three separate geologic areas: the Appalachian Plateau, the Cumberland Plateau and the Coastal Plain. The vegetation from these three unique environments blend into a remarkable diversity of species, with overlapping ranges creating many unusual plant associations. The Sipsey is a 12,726 acre area of swift streams, waterfalls, sandstone cliffs, undisturbed gorges, majestic hardwood forests, wildflowers, birds, animals and is home to Alabama's largest tree, a tulip poplar with a 21-foot circumference at its base. 

**Lewis-Smith Lake** (or Smith Lake) is located in the counties of Cullman, Walker and Winston. The 300-foot high dam, completed in 1961 by Alabama Power Company, impounds the **Sipsey** Fork of the **Black Warrior River** to form the lake. Smith Lake has a surface area of 21,200 acres, 500 miles of shoreline, a watershed area of 944 square miles, a retention time of 435 days, and a maximum depth of 264 feet.

[**What's Happening in Your Alabama National Forest Video**](https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/fseprd584698.mp4)

## Nearby Attractions

Four nearby attractions within Bankhead National Forest are: 

  * **The Little Natural Bridge** is the longest rock arch east of the Rockies. It was formed 200 million years ago when the sea washed the sandstone away leaving iron ore veins holding the bridge. In this area thrive 27 varieties of Ferns and a number of Canadian Hemlocks traced to the Ice Age. [Satellite Map of Natural Bridge Park ](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Natural+Bridge+Park/@34.0926803,-87.6315145,14922m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8887de66f838639f:0xdd606d5ac9735bd!8m2!3d34.0936111!4d-87.6152778)
  * The 19th-century **Pine Torch Church** is one of the oldest churches in Alabama and one of only four surviving log churches. The church is located in the Bankhead Forest in Lawrence County at the intersection of Country Roads 70 and 73 Several online sources say it was built in the 1890s but a sign at the site claims in was built in the 1840s. According to legend, Pine Torch got its name from the pine knots that were set ablaze to light the building after dark. It is made of hand-hewn logs. The original floor, made of hand-hewn poplar planks, was stolen piece-by-piece and was replaced in 1940, according to a historic marker at the site. The original roof was made of hand-split wooden shingles. It was later replaced with tin. Behind the church is a cemetery whose grounds are covered with sand to make maintenance easier. A newer and larger wooden church was built at the back of the property. It is still in use. [Satellite Map of the Pine Torch Church](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pine+Torch+Church/@34.3223133,-87.2981973,3720m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x888819f502b38463:0x4376d4a459b571a1!8m2!3d34.321575!4d-87.2990988)
  * The **Houston Civil War Jail** \- Houston, Alabama served as the first county seat for Winston County. The area known today as Winston County was originally established in 1850 as Hancock County, named after John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1858 the county was renamed Winston after the first native-born governor of Alabama, John Anthony Winston. Old Houston, located a few miles away from present day Houston, was the first county seat. Citizens voted to move the county seat to present day Houston in the late 1850's and a log jail was constructed at that time. The jail burned during the Civil War and was rebuilt in 1868. The Houston jail was built of hand-hewn logs filled with nails to prevent prisoners from "sawing their way to freedom". The jail held prisoners and provided a site for court. In 1884 the county seat was moved from Houston to present day Double Springs. [Houston Historical Society](http://www.soloso.com/houston/index.html)
  * Discover the **Incredible Variety of Habitats and Birds** in the Bankhead National Forest. [Birding on the Bankhead ](https://www.dropbox.com/s/umt2xty3fzzu2mk/Birding)

Corinth Recreation Area

Rickwood Caverns State Park

Faye Whittemore Farms Inc 

From its humble beginning as a 940-acre park atop Double Oak Mountain established by the Alabama State Lands Act of 1927, Oak Mountain State Park has grown to 9,940 acres making it Alabama’s largest state park. With the largest land-area, one of the widest varieties of outdoor activities of any state park, and its proximity to Birmingham, Oak Mountain is a perfect stop while traveling to and from the state’s largest city. Topping it all off is the park’s stunning physical landscape, which alone makes for an unforgettable experience.

Oak Mountain State Park has once again been awarded the coveted "Certificate of Excellence" from Tripadvisor! 

Oak Mountain State Park

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THE BEST Walk-In CAMPING NEARWhitson, Alabama

Top Whitson Walk-In Campgrounds

Blue Creek Park

Deerlick Creek

Lake Lurleen State Park

Brookside Greenway Park

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park

Brookside City Park

Corinth Recreation Area

Rickwood Caverns State Park

Faye Whittemore Farms Inc

Oak Mountain State Park

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