Alabama: 21 state parks and 1 recreation area

Camping, trails, fees and current alerts are on each park’s page. See these parks on a map

All 22 parks

Bladon Springs State ParkFour mineral wells drew health-seekers here from around the country after a private spa opened in 1838, on…
Blue Springs State ParkAn underground spring pushes 3,600 gallons a minute into twin octagonal, sandy-bottomed pools that hold 68…
Buck's Pocket State ParkA secluded canyon park atop Sand Mountain, with bluff trails, the panorama from Point Rock, and Alabama's…
Cathedral Caverns State ParkThe entrance alone is a record: 126 feet wide and 25 feet high, the largest of any commercial cave. Inside…
Cheaha State ParkAlabama's oldest park, established in 1933, holds its highest ground — 2,407 feet of granite boulders and…
Chewacla State ParkA 26-acre lake, a swimming beach and mountain-bike trails built by a local riders' club fill 696 acres a…
Chickasaw State ParkFive hundred and twenty acres of green space and shade off U.S. 43, with four large pavilions — one built…
DeSoto State ParkWaterfalls and wildflowers run through 3,502 acres on top of Lookout Mountain, laced with more than 35 miles…
Frank Jackson State ParkLake Jackson's thousand acres are stocked and managed for bass, bream, crappie and catfish, with a boardwalk…
Gulf State ParkA fishing and education pier, a nature center and the Backcountry Trail's miles of riding all sit inside one…
Joe Wheeler State ParkA 2,550-acre resort park split by the Tennessee River, with a waterfront lodge, a championship 18-hole course…
Lake Guntersville State ParkSix thousand acres of woodland above Alabama's largest lake, with 36 miles of hiking and biking trail, a…
Lake Jackson RV Park at FloralaForty acres on the shore of 500-acre Lake Jackson — Alabama's only natural lake, and one whose far bank is…
Lake Lurleen State ParkMore than 23 miles of multi-use trail hug a 250-acre lake stocked with bass, bream, catfish and crappie, nine…
Lakepoint State ParkLake Eufaula's 45,000 acres have been called the Bass Capital of the World, and this is the park on its bank…
Meaher State ParkA boardwalk carries you out over the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, and a 300-foot pier with a 200-foot T reaches into…
Monte Sano State ParkSpanish for Mountain of Health, and a Huntsville retreat since the late 1800s: 2,140 acres with 20 miles of…
Oak Mountain State ParkAlabama's largest state park at 11,861 acres, grown from the 940 the state set aside atop Double Oak Mountain…
Paul Grist State ParkA 100-acre lake sits at the centre of 1,080 acres of southern pine and hardwood, with 15 to 20 miles of…
Rickwood Caverns State ParkThe tour drops 175 feet to formations 260 million years old, carved when this rock was an ocean bed and…
Roland Cooper State ParkDannelly Reservoir offers some of southwest Alabama's best fishing, and after dark a Bortle 2 dark sky offers…
Wind Creek State ParkOne of the largest state-owned campgrounds in the United States — 586 sites — strung along the Lake Martin…

15 New Year’s Day hikes in Alabama, 2027

Parks in other states

All parks by state

🗺️ Open Park Finder — filter by activity, amenity & distance, compare parks, and see live weather

Alabama: 21 state parks and 1 recreation area

Things to do

Camping & facilities

All 22 parks

Parks in other states