Where to go

No matter where you live in Alabama, you’ll find a state park, forest or other recreation area within easy driving distance. Pack a picnic lunch and load the kids in the car for an inexpensive family adventure! We recommend leaving those electronic games at home. Remember, the idea is to play outdoors! The list below includes a wide variety of locations throughout the state that offer many activity options.

Wilderness Park/Bamboo Forest
http://www.800alabama.com/things-to-do/alabama-attractions/details.cfm?ID=469

Alabama Nature Center
http://www.alabamawildlife.org/alabama-nature-center/

Alabama Nature Center
http://www.alabamawildlife.org/alabama-nature-center/

Alabama Passport to Fitness
http://adeca.alabama.gov/C4/PTF/default.aspx

Alabama State Parks
http://www.alapark.com/

Alabama Wildlife Center
http://www.awrc.org/

Aldridge Botanical Gardens
http://www.aldridgegardens.com

Bellingrath Gardens
http://www.bellingrath.org/

Birmingham Botanical Garden
http://www.bbgardens.org/index.php

Blount Cultural Park
http://www.blountculturalpark.org/

Conecuh National Forest
http://www.stateparks.com/conecuh.html

Dauphin Island Parks
http://www.dauphinisland.org

Desoto State Park
http://www.desotostatepark.com/

Dismals Canyon
http://www.dismalscanyon.com/

Fairhope Municipal Park & Stadium
http://www.cofairhope.com/ser_parks_trails.php

Five Rivers ALabama's Delta Resource Center
http://www.outdooralabama.com/ outdoor-adventures/5rivers/

Gulf State Park
http://www.alapark.com/parks/park.cfm?parkid=22

Guntersville State Park
http://www.guntersvillestatepark.com/

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
http://www.horseshoebend.areaparks.com

Huntsville Botanical Gardens
http://www.hsvbg.org/

Hurricane Creek Park
http://www.hurricanecreek.homestead.com/

Jasmine Hill Gardens
http://www.jasminehill.org/

Lookout Mountain Parkway
http://www.drivelookoutmountain.com/

Madison County Nature Trail
http://www.co.madison.al.us/services/naturetrail.shtml

Moss Rock PReserve
http://www.hooveral.org/Default.asp?ID=485

National Forests in Alabama
http://www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/alabama/

Noccalula Falls
http://www.gadsden-etowahtourismboard.com/Noccalula.htm

Oak Mountain
http://www.alapark.com/OakMountain/

Old Lock One Park
http://www.clarkecountyal.com/old_lock.html

Orange Beach-Gulf Shores Alabama
http://www.gulfshores.com

Point Mallard Park
http://www.pointmallardpark.com

Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
http://www.ruffnermountain.org

Sipsey Wilderness
http://www.sipseywilderness.org/

StateParks.com
http://www.stateparks.com/al.html

Tannehill State Park
http://www.tannehill.org/

The Kelley Bartlett Conservancy
http://www.bartlettconservancy.org/

Watch Video: Alabama The Beautiful: State Parks
http://www.aptv.org/VideoRoom/viewprogram.asp?FileID=1244