Alpines Lakes, Shelby County, Alabama

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     There are some delightful whitewater spots on Cahaba River, and after a long day outdoors Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham is a great location to spend a night or two. Finger Lake Dam is a place that is close to Alpines Lakes, and while you're here, you could check out Spouting Spring Branch. Alpines Lakes is great enough to spend more than a day at, Coosa River Camp Retreat Alabama is a great local campground, and dry warm beds await you at Days Inn Leeds.  
   All the water falling down from the sky makes Alpines Lakes a wet location; March is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest month of the year is October.
Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always pop by nearby Finger Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Lakes? Sure, Little Deer Lakes is nearby; you could always explore Lowry Gap. Man, is there a lot of exciting stuff to do close to Alpines Lakes. There's so much to do here at Alpines
 
               Lakes that you need to camp here for a while, Holiday Travel Park is a tremendous site for that, and you'll meet a lot of people from Birmingham-Hoover here.
At Alpines Lakes throughout the months of summer highs are in the 80's. For the duration of the moonlight hours it's usually in the 60's. Daytime highs during the wintertime are in the 50's, and through the dark hours in the winter at Alpines Lakes temperatures fall to the 30's.

 
Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham, Leeds
5 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham is conveniently located off of AL-4/Bankhead National Highway/US-78. We are only a few minutes away from Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Barber Motorsports ...

Days Inn Leeds, Leeds
6 miles away
* Near all the attractions and advantages of Birmingham - business, race tracks, restaurants and shopping * Barber Motor Sport Park - 4 miles * Talledega Super Speedway - 29 miles...

Current weather conditions at Alpines Lakes, Shelby County, Alabama
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Local climate location: BIRMINGHAM FAA AP 10 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.46528
Longitude: -86.56833

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These outdoors activities are available near Alpines Lakes.
 Hotels Near Alpines Lakes:
Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham, Leeds, 5 miles away
Days Inn Leeds, Leeds, 6 miles away
Best Western Bass Hotel & Suites, Leeds, 7 miles away
Comfort Inn & Suites, Leeds, 7 miles away
Super 8 Motel - Moody, Moody, 7 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Alpines Lakes:
Holiday Travel Park, Leeds, 4 miles away
Coosa River Camp Retreat Alabama, Harpersville, 11 miles away
Alabama WMU Camp, Cook Springs, 14 miles away
City of Hoover RV Park, Hoover, 17 miles away
 Whitewater Near Alpines Lakes:
Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill)
Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10)
Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork, -blank- CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class III+ - 1.5 miles long (Ivy Branch to Old Highway 280)
 Lakes Near Alpines Lakes:
Finger Lake, Shelby CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Little Deer Lakes, Shelby CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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Cahaba River
...de 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 to go look at the take out before you go on your trip though. The take out is nice but its positioned weirdly. You come down river to it after your last rapid and if the water is up or moving along well then you really have to back paddle to make ...

KOA Birmingham South
19 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....

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