Distance: 300 Yards Difficulty: Easy Russell Cave National Monument is one of 1500 caves in Jackson County, Alabama. While the cave pictured above is at least 7.5 miles long, visitors cannot enter the cave. Instead, visitors can hike 300 yards to the Russell Cave Shelter, a large opening where prehistoric people are believed...
Distance: 1.25 miles one way Difficulty: Easy Located in the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge down Fort Morgan Road, the Big Pine Beach Trail is a two mile trail that brings hikers through pine forests, between Big Lagoon and Gator Lake, and to come out along the beach in the...
Starting from this past Thursday, October 11, 2011 until Sunday is the Annual National Shrimp Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. This year it celebrates its 40th anniversary. This arts and crafts festival is not like any I have ever been to. While it has the art exhibits and craftsmen exhibit one would expect...
Camping on the beach is one of those ideal dreams I always thought would be cool to experience. It brings me back to a time when there were beach parties and surfers were able to roam the shorelines without concern. Now, there are very few places in the United States where spending a...
Delta, Alabama Cheaha State Park is primarily a campground and cabin type of state park. It is a great location, however, for a lot of outdoor activites in the surrounding Talladega National Forest. Located here, however, is Alabama’s highest natural point, Cheaha. Unlike other states’ highest points, no hiking trail summits the mountain....
Heflin, Alabama Eighteen Hole Course LakePoint Disc Golf Course is located on, what appears, to be a former watershed area turned park. The course features some very interesting holes, including narrow drives along a dam, tight wooded shots up and down hills, and some long wide open shots across grassy fields. Each hole...
West End Beach Access West End Beach Access is located at the west end of Dauphin Island. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to visit this part of the beach The reason, for the first time I’ve seen, this beach area decided not only to charge for parking (that’s normal) but also charge a...
Fort Morgan sits along the eastern edge of the mouth of Mobile Bay. Built in 1832, this fort has provided American costal defenses in both the Civil War and both World Wars. It may be best known, however, for its involvement in prompting the famous line, “Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead.” Visitors to...
The disc golf course in Fairhope, Alabama is a twenty hole course located at the municipal park and stadium. This course is a great course for beginners and experienced players alike. It contains a great mix of tough narrow shots and wide open fields. Also, most of the holes are somewhat short, often...
Wade Ward Nature Park is a 12 acre park containing small boardwalk area located just off the beach on Highway 59. The park overlooks the coastal salt marshes that connect Little Lagoon and Lake Shelby. Though located right in the center of a busy commercial area, the park provides its visitors...