Adams Lake, Shelby County, Alabama

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     Adams Lake is close to Adams Dam which is a picturesque site certainly worth stopping at, and if you came for an overnight stay Pelham Koa Kampground is a fine place to camp. Camping is available at Peach Queen Campgrounds, and dry warm beds await you at Days Inn Calera. High temperatures at Adams Lake through the days of summer are in the 90's. Throughout the dark hours of summer temperatures descend down into the 60's. The wintertime comes with highs in the  
   50's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Adams Lake. This lake is so wonderful. If you need a location to stay Holiday Inn Express CALERA-I-65 EXIT 231 is a great choice, and if you come at the right time of year, Cahaba River offers some good whitewater.
Yeah, come here to Adams Lake for a nice time. If you're a golfer then a great nearby course is Magnolia Meadows Golf Course, and this is a popular place for people from Birmingham-Hoover. There
 
               are other spots here than Adams Lake, for example Moore Lake. Adams Lake is a wet location that gets a large amount of rain; the month with most of the rain is March, and the driest of the months is October.
Lakes are such peaceful places, why not check out Pumpkin Swamp Road Lake in the vicinity of Adams Lake; get yourself into a kayak and hit Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork.

 
Days Inn Calera, Calera
9 miles away
* Centrally Located in the Foothills of the Appalachian Mountains * Fast Access to Birmingham and Montgomery * Close to the Talladega Super Speedway * Tourist and Recreational Points of Interest Near...

Holiday Inn Express CALERA-I-65 EXIT 231, Calera
9 miles away
Stay smart at the Holiday Inn Express Calera Hotel. This hotel is centrally located in ®the Heart of Alabama® off I-65 at exit 231. Our exterior corridor hotel features 65 guestrooms, outdoor sw...

Current weather conditions at Adams Lake, Shelby County, Alabama
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Local climate location: CALERA 13 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.20833
Longitude: -86.62

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These outdoors activities are available near Adams Lake.
 Hotels Near Adams Lake:
Days Inn Calera, Calera, 9 miles away
Holiday Inn Express CALERA-I-65 EXIT 231, Calera, 9 miles away
Hampton Inn Calera, Calera, 10 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn and Suites-Calera/Birmingham, Calera, 10 miles away
Candlewood Suites ALABASTER, Alabaster, 12 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Adams Lake:
Peach Queen Campgrounds, Jemison, 13 miles away
Pelham Koa Kampground, Pelham, 14 miles away
KOA Birmingham South, Pelham, 14 miles away
Coosa River Camp Retreat Alabama, Harpersville, 15 miles away
 Whitewater Near Adams Lake:
Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork, -blank- CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class III+ - 1.5 miles long (Ivy Branch to Old Highway 280)
Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 18 miles away
      Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill)
 Golf Courses Near Adams Lake:
Magnolia Meadows Golf Course, Columbiana, 2 miles away
 Lakes Near Adams Lake:
Moore Lake, Shelby CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Pumpkin Swamp Road Lake, Shelby CountyCounty, 2 miles away

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KOA Birmingham South
13 miles away
Just stopped here on our way north from the Florida panhandle.? Great stopover spot, extemely convenient to I-65.? Clean, neat campground, great bathrooms and showers, friendly, well-informed staff, and the area has all the basics travelers like us are interested in---food, shopping, RV stores, food, food, etc.? I know this would also be a nice spot for a longer stay....

Cahaba River
18 miles away
...does have a class II rating I only encountered four areas where the river produced what I would call true rapids. Most of these areas were short two to three foot falls followed by a run produced by the current. And one was just a long series of wide wave trains. I did enjoy the rapids but even a novice paddler with a few trips under their belt could handle this section. The only bad part was the long flats inbetween the rapids. I was lucky in that I timed my trip two days after a heavy rain so the current was nice and steady. If not for that I would have been exhausted from paddling across the flats. Luckily the scenery is good and there is plenty of wildlife to enjoy. The put in at Lovic bridge is tricky. Its a pretty steep grade and full of mud and sand. I ended up just getting in my canoe and slidding down the hill into the water. Thats a good way to flip so take a friend and you could rope your boat down much easier. The take out at Grants Mill is alot nicer. It has a nice gravel parking lot and a concrete ramp down to the river with a concrete docking pad in the water. You NEED...

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