Catfish Lake, Shelby County, Alabama

   
Custom Search
User input for Catfish Lake, Shelby County, Alabama:

Be the first to submit input for Catfish Lake.
Help improve this web site with your great input.


Submit Input:
Your Name:
Write or Paste Input here:

Upload picture:      Review Guidelines


 
    Go to Catfish Lake if you want to go to a nice lake. Through the summertime highs here at Catfish Lake get into the 80's. Summer overnight lows drop down to the 60's. Through the winter highs are generally in the 50's with temperatures at Catfish Lake dipping down into the 30's through winter nights. This place, Catfish Lake, it clearly has so much outdoors entertaining stuff. A lake nearby is Demopolis Lake; if you come at the right time of year, Yellowleaf Creek  
   - North Fork offers some delightful whitewater. This lake is so wonderful. Catfish Lake is not the only place nearby, Lunker Lake is a nearby lake, and there's always Belcher Lumber Company Dam to have a look at in close proximity to Catfish Lake.
Catfish Lake is a quite wet place generally with a good deal of rainfall; the wettest month of the year is generally March, that's the one that rains the most while October is generally the driest month. Why not
 
               camp at Pelham Koa Kampground while you're here at Catfish Lake, and if you're here and you like golf, you can stop at Eagle Point Golf Club. Here at Catfish Lake there are plenty of folks from Birmingham-Hoover, and some nearby water includes Cooper Branch.
This lake is so wonderful. Dry warm beds await you at Wingate by Wyndham - Birmingham. Camping is available at City of Hoover RV Park, and there are some great whitewater spots on Cahaba River. Candlewood Suites Birmingham, Al is a great location to get some rest; Big Narrows is another perfect site to take a look at nearby.

 
Candlewood Suites Birmingham, Al, Birmingham
3 miles away
Come and experience our new Comforts of Home® Bedding Collection. Welcome to The Magic City! Our nickname, 'The Magic City' came about in 1871, when the community thrived and grew so quickly that m...

Wingate by Wyndham - Birmingham, Birmingham
3 miles away
We are built for business and so much more! We feature interior corridors, oversized rooms and FREE wired and wireless high-speed internet. At Wingate by Wyndham, we know you mean business. Our hot...

Current weather conditions at Catfish Lake, Shelby County, Alabama
WXPort

Local climate location: BIRMINGHAM FAA AP 15 miles away


OTHER_INFO
  Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.36833
Longitude: -86.68

Alabama Lakes
Complete list of all lakes in Alabama

Shelby County Lakes
Complete list of all lakes in Shelby County

Books about Catfish Lake
List of books available on Amazon.com about Catfish Lake, Shelby County, Alabama.

Outdoors Recreation Near Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama, the metro area neareast to Catfish Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.

Alabama Outdoors Index
This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Alabama.
 

 

OUTDOORS_GUIDE
These outdoors activities are available near Catfish Lake.
 Hotels Near Catfish Lake:
Candlewood Suites Birmingham, Al, Birmingham, 3 miles away
Wingate by Wyndham - Birmingham, Birmingham, 3 miles away
Homewood Suites by Hilton« Birmingham-South/Inverness, AL, Birmingham, 3 miles away
Residence Inn By Marriott Birmingham Inverness, Birmingham, 3 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites BIRMINGHAM/MOUNTAIN BROOK, Birmingham, 4 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Catfish Lake:
City of Hoover RV Park, Hoover, 9 miles away
Pelham Koa Kampground, Pelham, 10 miles away
KOA Birmingham South, Pelham, 10 miles away
Holiday Travel Park, Leeds, 13 miles away
 Whitewater Near Catfish Lake:
Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork, -blank- CountyCounty, 1 miles away
      Class III+ - 1.5 miles long (Ivy Branch to Old Highway 280)
Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill)
Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 16 miles away
      Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10)
 Golf Courses Near Catfish Lake:
Eagle Point Golf Club, Birmingham, 2 miles away
Greystone Golf and Country Club, Birmingham, 3 miles away
 Lakes Near Catfish Lake:
Demopolis Lake, Shelby CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Lunker Lake, Shelby CountyCounty, 1 miles away

MORE STUFF NEARBY:

Cahaba River
...ne 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 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 real...

KOA Birmingham South
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....

Outdoors related information copyright © Stratus-Pikpuk, Inc. - Detailed hotel information copyright © Interactive Hotel Solutions