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The beauty of Alton Lake is reason enough to stop by. Alton Lake sees pretty high levels of precipitation; the month with most of the rain is March, and the driest month of the year is October. An attention-grabbing thing to have a look at in the vicinity of Alton Lake is Jefferson Memorial Gardens Dam, obviously you could also pop by Mountain Lake while you're here; it's not far at all. Summer at Alton Lake arrives with high temperatures in the 80's; the
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| | nighttime is quite chillier of course, generally in the 60's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 50's while the cold winter nights at Alton Lake are in the 30's.
So many fun things to do here at Alton Lake, too brilliant to be true. For you golfers we recommend close by Roebuck Golf Course; some of the water nearby flows, like McCombs Branch. There's so much to do here at Alton Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Holiday Travel Park is a | |
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great place for that, and if you've had enough of Alton Lake, Hall Lake is nearby. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Trussville, Al is a splendid location to get some rest, and during your spree here you'll meet some folks from Birmingham-Hoover
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Alton Lake is fine enough to spend more than a day at, City of Hoover RV Park is a fine local campground. This lake is so wonderful. If you need a place to stay Courtyard Birmingham Trussville is a wonderful choice, and float down the rapids of Cahaba River in a kayak.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.57917
Longitude: -86.63417
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 4 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 5 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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Gurley Creek, Blount / Jefferson CountyCounty, 12 miles away
Class II-III - 3.5 miles long (Narrows Road to State Route 79) |
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Hall Lake, Jefferson CountyCounty, 1 miles away |
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Cahaba River
| ...dled this part of the Cahaba and had a blast. Although it 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 th... |
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2 miles away
